1. List the aspects of employment covered by law (1.1.1) > Minimum wage, hours worked, discrimination, health and safety, holiday entitlements, redundancy and dismissal, training, disciplinary procedures, union rights and consultation. 2. List the main features of current employment legislation (1.1.2) > Employment rights, equality and discrimination, health and safety. 3.
In order to prevent the exploitation of employees by employers. Legislation protects employees’ rights such as salary, equal pay, safety, maternity/paternity entitlement, sick pay, holiday pay, redundancy, working hours and discrimination. Employers are required to adhere to this legislation and can receive penalties if they do not. 1.3. The law in the UK covers the following aspects: minimum wage, hours worked, discrimination, health and safety, holiday entitlements, redundancy and dismissal, union rights, disciplinary procedures amongst many more.
List the aspects of employment covered by law. · Minimum wage · Hours worked · Discrimination · Health and Safety · Holiday entitlement · Redundancy and dismisal · Training · Disiplinary procedures · Union rights and consultation · Disability act · Manual handling · Operations and regulations · The medicine act · General social care council code 2001 · Riddor 1995 1.2. List the main features of current employment legislation. Employment rights act 1996- · The right to receive a written statement of terms and conditions of employment. · A right to not be unfairly dismissed.
A working relationship in health and social care is based upon professional settings followed by rules regulations and procedures. It’s based upon an employer to employee basis… when professional friend-ships can form but under rules and regulations only permitting things personal relationships would allow whereas work relationship would not allow. 2.1 Describe why it is important to adhere to the agreed scope of the job role? It’s important that when working with young adult or vulnerable person the job role is carried out to its criteria to regulations set by the company to protect yourself the person you care for and the company, to encourage the improvement to that person’s life and help achieve new goals and encourage more life goals safely and professionally. 3.1 Explain why it is important to work in partnership with others?
Know the statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers within own work area: 1.1 - List the aspects of employment covered by law: The law in the U.K. covers a variety of employment aspects that govern how we work and protects both the employee’s and employers, these include: Health and Safety – These are the requirements of both the employee and employer to create a safe work environment . Minimum Wage – The minimum wage that someone can be paid for their work, with some variables such as age, student status etc. Hours Worked – The amount of hours you work a week/month according to your contract. Holiday Entitlements – How much annual leave you are entitled to, differs dependent on your contracted hours. Discrimination – The national laws and policies on what constitutes discrimination and how it should be dealt with in the work place Redundancy and Dismissal - What constitutes fair and unfair Dismissal, redundancy pay and requirements for the payment of Redundancy pay Union Rights – The right to join a Union, and what a Union stands for, they are there to protect the basic rights of employee by creating an organised group of workers for the discussion of perceived grievances with their employer and the ability to respond to grievances with strike action.
Consider the differences in these two relationships and how this is apparent in health and social care - to include roles, employment, management and dynamics. 1.2 Describe a different working relationships in social care settings. Different settings - community, residential, nursing home, personal, formal, informal, paid and unpaid working relationships. 2. Understand the importance of working in ways that are agreed with the employer 2.1 Describe why it is important to adhere to the agreed scope of the job role.
A person can be informed by internal sources of information such as a) Line managers and Personnel specialists, who have more knowledge, and b) from books and documents that are kept within the organisation. Also can be informed by external sources such as a) Libraries and Educational courses and b) Citizens Advice Bureau and Employer / Industry organisations. 4. Describe how representative bodies can support employees. A representative body, such as a Trade Union, often has the expertise and knowledge to help employees providing information about employee's rights; moreover it negotiates a better pay and voices the opinion of the employees.
If you are an employer, make sure you do everything you can to get it right, as an employee, you should also be aware of your own responsibilities, as well what your rights are and what your employer should be doing with regard to, for example, pay, contracts, time off and working hours. The four main points in a contract are 1) Name of the employer 2) Type of job. (duties and responsibilities) 3) Contract type 4) Address of the work place. Q2. List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment.
Learning Outcomes 1. Know the statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers within own area of work. 1.1 List the aspects of employment covered by law. Some of the aspects of Employment which are covered by Law are: firstly Minimum wage, Hours worked, discrimination, Health and safety, Holiday entitlements, Redundancy and dismissal, CRB, Training, Disciplinary procedures. Others include sickness and absence, sick pay, data protection, Anti- discrimination provisions which are gender, race, disability, religion, age etc…Union rights and finally consultations.
EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES Level2 List aspects of employment covered by law. Employment must have a contract of work. These aspects include minimum wage, contract of hours to work in a week, holiday entitlements, redundancy and dismissal, discrimination, health and safety, training, disciplinary procedures and union rights and consultation. List the main features of current employment legislation, outlining why the important legislation exists? Employment rights, Equalities and Discrimination Law and Health & Safety Legislation.