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.
CQC - Care Quality Commission
Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
Discrimination & Equality Act 2010
Aii a)
List three aspects of employment covered by law
Minimum Wage
Health & Safety
Training
b)
List three main features of current employment legislation
Employment Rights
Manual Handling and Operations Regulations
RIDDOR 1995
Aiii
Briefly outline why employment law exists
Employment law exists to protect all workers, to regulate relationships between employer and employee and to establish minimum standards and equality of treatment for all workers.
Task B
Bi
Describe the terms and conditions of your employment as set out in your contract of employment or employment agreement.
The terms and conditions of my contact of employment detail my start date, the title of my employment which is Personal Support Worker (PSW), the 3 month probationary period and the place of employment.
The contract includes sections detailing Remuneration (rate of pay), hours to be worked, meals provided by my employer whilst at work and working time regulations. Holiday entitlement is described in my contract as well as incapacity due to sickness or injury and absence from work, pensions, criminal convictions, photography, notice of termination of employment, the disciplinary procedure, grievance procedure, collective agreements, deductions from wages and changes to my contract of employment.
Each section explains exactly what is expected from me and my employer, what will happen and informs me of everything I would need to know about the terms and conditions of my employment with Home From Home Care.
This is a legally binding document which is signed by the employer and the employee and both parties