Err Workbook
ERR: Employment Rights and Responsibilities
As part of your Apprenticeship/NVQ you need to learn and have an understanding about Employment Responsibilities and rights (ERR).
This involves knowing about the laws relating to you and your employers responsibilities and rights in the work place.
Why do you need to know about ERR?
You need to know about laws that you and your employer have to follow. If you do not follow these laws you and your employer may end up in serious trouble. Therefore knowing about the law will protect your personal safety, your job and your employers business.
If you know about these laws that relate to you as an employee, you will be confident in the work you are doing, but if something did go wrong, you know what to do and who to speak to.
If you need help with any of the following questions speak to your manager or assessor for guidance.
Read this information on the Working Time Directive
Working Time
The Working Time Regulations 1998 came into force in October 1998.
The Regulations were amended, with effect from 1 August 2003, to extend working time measures in full to all non mobile workers in road, sea, inland waterways and lake transport, to all workers in the railway and offshore sectors, and to all workers in aviation who are not covered by the sectoral Aviation Directive. The Regulations applied to junior doctors from 1 August 2004.
The basic rights and protections that the Regulations provide are: a limit of an average of 48 hours a week which a worker can be required to work (though workers can choose to work more if they want to). a limit of an average of 8 hours work in 24 which night workers can be required to work. a right for night workers to receive free health assessments. a right to 11 hours rest a day. a right to a day off each week. a right to an in-work rest break if the working day is longer than 6 hours. a right to 4.8 weeks paid leave per year (24 days if you work a five day
As part of your Apprenticeship/NVQ you need to learn and have an understanding about Employment Responsibilities and rights (ERR).
This involves knowing about the laws relating to you and your employers responsibilities and rights in the work place.
Why do you need to know about ERR?
You need to know about laws that you and your employer have to follow. If you do not follow these laws you and your employer may end up in serious trouble. Therefore knowing about the law will protect your personal safety, your job and your employers business.
If you know about these laws that relate to you as an employee, you will be confident in the work you are doing, but if something did go wrong, you know what to do and who to speak to.
If you need help with any of the following questions speak to your manager or assessor for guidance.
Read this information on the Working Time Directive
Working Time
The Working Time Regulations 1998 came into force in October 1998.
The Regulations were amended, with effect from 1 August 2003, to extend working time measures in full to all non mobile workers in road, sea, inland waterways and lake transport, to all workers in the railway and offshore sectors, and to all workers in aviation who are not covered by the sectoral Aviation Directive. The Regulations applied to junior doctors from 1 August 2004.
The basic rights and protections that the Regulations provide are: a limit of an average of 48 hours a week which a worker can be required to work (though workers can choose to work more if they want to). a limit of an average of 8 hours work in 24 which night workers can be required to work. a right for night workers to receive free health assessments. a right to 11 hours rest a day. a right to a day off each week. a right to an in-work rest break if the working day is longer than 6 hours. a right to 4.8 weeks paid leave per year (24 days if you work a five day