Unit 520 Recruitment and Selection Within Health and Social Care or Children and Young People’s Settings
Unit 520 Recruitment and selection within health and social care or children and young people’s settings
Discuss and demonstrate your understanding of employment legislation and practice that has to be adhered to when managing the provision of your service.
1. Recruitment 2. Staff training 3. Contracts
The Single biggest piece of legislation that has recently come into force is the equality act 2010, it became law in October 2010 and it replaced a lot of previous legislation that provides a more effective legal framework for preventing discrimination. It replaces;
• the Equal Pay Act 1970 • the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 • the Race Relations Act 1976 • the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 • the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 • the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 • the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 • the Equality Act 2006, Part 2 • the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007
The act brings together so much to ensure there is consistency in making the work place a fair environment. There are a lot of key changes and new principles that it introduces, firstly it introduces protected “characteristics” these being such things as;
• age • disability • gender reassignment • race • religion OR belief • sex • sexual orientation • marriage or civil partnership • pregnancy or maternity
Some things have stayed the same, such as when direct discrimination occurring as a direct result from a disability for example. Some things have changed, now it is against the law for anyone to create an environment that is offensive to them, this is harassment. Extended changes include new principles like associative discrimination, this is where someone is discriminated against because they associate with someone with a protected
Discuss and demonstrate your understanding of employment legislation and practice that has to be adhered to when managing the provision of your service.
1. Recruitment 2. Staff training 3. Contracts
The Single biggest piece of legislation that has recently come into force is the equality act 2010, it became law in October 2010 and it replaced a lot of previous legislation that provides a more effective legal framework for preventing discrimination. It replaces;
• the Equal Pay Act 1970 • the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 • the Race Relations Act 1976 • the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 • the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 • the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 • the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 • the Equality Act 2006, Part 2 • the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007
The act brings together so much to ensure there is consistency in making the work place a fair environment. There are a lot of key changes and new principles that it introduces, firstly it introduces protected “characteristics” these being such things as;
• age • disability • gender reassignment • race • religion OR belief • sex • sexual orientation • marriage or civil partnership • pregnancy or maternity
Some things have stayed the same, such as when direct discrimination occurring as a direct result from a disability for example. Some things have changed, now it is against the law for anyone to create an environment that is offensive to them, this is harassment. Extended changes include new principles like associative discrimination, this is where someone is discriminated against because they associate with someone with a protected