Know the Statutory Responsibilities and Rights of Employees and Employers Within Own Area of Work

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Edexcel BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings (QCF) Know the statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers within own area of work. Unit 1.1 List the aspects of employment covered by law: The law in UK covers the following aspects: Minimum wage, Hours worked, Discrimination, Health and safety, Holiday entitlements, Redundancy and dismissal, Training, Disciplinary procedures, Union rights and consultation, among many others. Labour law covers the deal between employee and employer. Health and safety laws cover the work conditions, and minimum wage and other laws set basic compensation levels. We also have the Disability Act, Manual Handling Operations and Regulations, Data Protection Act, The Medicine Act, General Social Care Council code 2001, RIDDOR 1995 and more. Unit 1.2 Main features of current employment legislation are: This is covered by the Employment Rights Act 1996, CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT When an employee begins employment the employer needs to present the employee with a statement of employment which should briefly outline the particulars which will cover the time of employment between them. The particulars will include The names of the employer and the employee, Date of when employment commenced The scale of pay rate and if this is hourly rate or salaried, the timing of pay weekly or monthly. Hours worked (Terms and condition of these) Whether employers operates a pension scheme and the name of it and the terms of enrolment Job title and brief outline of duties The place of main work 9base) and brief detail if outreach is needed within an acceptable distance from base. NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE The current rate of pay is as follows: ages 21 and over 18- 20 under 18 Apprentice *
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