Employer Respondibilities and Rights

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EMPLOYMENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS (ERR) Unit 201 Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health, social care or children and young people’s settings LEARNING OUTCOMES: 1. Know the statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers within own area of work 2. Understand agreed ways of working that protect own relationship with employer 3. Understand how own role fits within the wider context of the sector 4. Understand career pathways available within own and related sectors 5. Understand how issues of public concern may affect the image and delivery of services in the sector Outcome 1 Know the statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers within own area of work Assessment Criteria The learner can: 1. list the aspects of employment covered by law Every aspect of employment is covered by law. The first of any form of employment needs a contract, the employee must have a contract of employment. There is a whole series of laws that relate to the conditions of work, these include: * Minimum wage : Includes National Minimum Wage rates, keeping pay records and pay rights * Hours worked: Includes employment status, workers' rights and changes to contracts * Discrimination * Health and safety * Holiday entitlements: Includes career breaks and the holiday entitlement calculator * Redundancy and dismissal: Includes solving a workplace dispute, calculating redundancy pay and dismissal * Training * Disciplinary procedures * Union rights and consultation: Includes health and safety, accidents at work and joining a trade union * Work conditions * Other laws set basic compensation levels. We also have * The Disability Act * Manual Handling Operations and Regulations * Data Protection Act * The Medicine Act * General
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