201 Understand Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings
Task A – Short Answer Questions
Ai: Imagine you are a newly appointed supervisor/manager within your service. You need to update your staff handbook to reflect current employment law. Identify three different sources of information you could use to enable you to do this.
Colleagues
Internet
Home procedures
Once you have identified a reliable source of information:
Aii
a) List three aspects of employment covered by law.
1. Hours
2. Wages
3. Work Conditions (safety, discrimination, handicap accommodation, etc.)
b) List three main features of current employment legislation.
1. Employment Rights
2. Equalities and Discrimination law
3. Health and safety legislation
Aiii Briefly outline why employment law exists.
To protect employers and employees from those who would take advantage of them
Task B Your work role
For this task you will need the following:
• A copy of your contract of employment or employment agreement. If you don’t have a written contract of employment eg if you are employed as a personal assistant, discuss your terms and conditions with your employer and make notes to help you to complete the task;
• A recent payslip or pay statement;
• Access to your workplace policies and procedures or notes from a discussion with your employer if you are employed as a personal assistant
Bi Describe the terms and conditions of your employment as set out in your contract of employment or employment agreement.
My employment is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the CRB, i must comply with the minimum standards as required by the Care standards act 2000 and take training when required in compliance with CQC.
Wear the provided uniform when at work.
Ensure confidentiality is maintained.
To work my contracted hours of 30 hours per week.
My entitled holiday hours of 28 days to be taken between 1st January and 31st December each year.
My hourly rate and weekend enhancement.
Overtime is
Ai: Imagine you are a newly appointed supervisor/manager within your service. You need to update your staff handbook to reflect current employment law. Identify three different sources of information you could use to enable you to do this.
Colleagues
Internet
Home procedures
Once you have identified a reliable source of information:
Aii
a) List three aspects of employment covered by law.
1. Hours
2. Wages
3. Work Conditions (safety, discrimination, handicap accommodation, etc.)
b) List three main features of current employment legislation.
1. Employment Rights
2. Equalities and Discrimination law
3. Health and safety legislation
Aiii Briefly outline why employment law exists.
To protect employers and employees from those who would take advantage of them
Task B Your work role
For this task you will need the following:
• A copy of your contract of employment or employment agreement. If you don’t have a written contract of employment eg if you are employed as a personal assistant, discuss your terms and conditions with your employer and make notes to help you to complete the task;
• A recent payslip or pay statement;
• Access to your workplace policies and procedures or notes from a discussion with your employer if you are employed as a personal assistant
Bi Describe the terms and conditions of your employment as set out in your contract of employment or employment agreement.
My employment is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the CRB, i must comply with the minimum standards as required by the Care standards act 2000 and take training when required in compliance with CQC.
Wear the provided uniform when at work.
Ensure confidentiality is maintained.
To work my contracted hours of 30 hours per week.
My entitled holiday hours of 28 days to be taken between 1st January and 31st December each year.
My hourly rate and weekend enhancement.
Overtime is