Unit 1: Understanding Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings

Question 1: Know the statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers within own area of work.

Aspects of employment covered by Law:
- An employment contract
- Health & safety
- Training
- Redundancy & dismissal
- Working hours
- Holiday entitlement
- Sick leave / Statutory sick pay
- Criminal records bureau checks
- Anti- discrimination policies such as; age, sex, religion, disability and race
Main features of current employment legislation:
- Health & Safety legislation
- Employment rights
- Equality & discrimination

Legislation relating to employment:
Legislation, relating to employment exists in order to protect employees, to provide rights and restrictions on employees and employers through a legal contract, as well as regulating and setting standards. It safeguards the interests of both the employee and employer.

Sources and types of information and advice in relation to employment responsibilities and rights:
- Documentation including; contract of employment, employee handbook, company policies
- Internal bodies such as; HR department, line manager, supervisor
- External bodies such us; citizens advice bureau, trade unions, community legal advice

Question 2: Understand agreed ways of working that protect own relationship with employer

Terms and conditions of employment:
The terms and conditions within my own contract of employment explains that the terms described in my contract such as: Probationary period, hours of work, holiday, sickness & absence from work, termination & notice period and training costs, represent the principal terms of the agreement between the parties (myself as the employee and my director, the employer). It also explains that the conditions of my employment may change from time to time and these issues will be advised to me. Finally, it explains that it is my, as the employer, responsibility to ensure that I am familiar with and abide by the terms and conditions of the organisation during my employment.

Information shown on pay statement:
My personal information, to highlight who the wages are being paid to, which includes my name, address, National insurance number and the process date of my wages. It shows the details of the organisation that is paying my wages. It also describes the amount earned during the period of pay including expenses (such as mileage) and any deductions such as, National insurance, tax and money borrowed. My payslip also states the number of holiday days taken and how many days remaining, as well as sick days taken. It also shows how much national insurance and tax has been paid since my employment at my or...

1 2 24 3 4 5 abid abl absenc abus act action activ address admit advic advis affect age agenc agre agreement aid aim alleg almost also alter alway amount announc anoth anti appeal appoint approach area around ask aspect assess attorney avail away babi back bank base better bodi borrow break bureau cabinet call care career carer carri case cautious centr certif challeng chang check child children chosen citizen claim code colleagu colleg come communic communiti compani complet compli compliant comput concern condit conduct contact context continu contract coordin correct cost could cours cover cqc crb crimin current custom data date day deal decis deduct deliv deliveri depart depth deputi describ descript desir detail die differ director disabl disagr disciplinari discrimin discuss dismiss distanc district doctor document domiciliari driver due e e-learn earn easier effect emerg emot employ employe enough enquiri ensur entitl environ equal event everi evid exampl exist expand expens experi experienc explain extens extern fail famili familiar featur feedback feel field figur file fill final financ financi first fit follow food forefront friend fulli fund gain general given good govern gp great grievanc group hand handbook happi harass haringey he/she head health high highlight holiday home hospit hour hr imag import in-depth in-turn includ independ influenc inform initi inspect inspector instruct insur interest intern internet interview involv issu job keep kept kin know knowledg lack laid law learn leav legal legisl let liais librari licens line link list live lock longer made main maintain make manag mani marriag may medic meet mileag money month mother much must name nation necessari need negat neglect neglect/abuse new news newspap next notic number nurs nvq observ occup offic on-cal on-to-on one onlin opinion opportun order organis origin outsid overtim p packag paid part part-tim parti password pathway pay payment payslip peopl period person physic place plan point polic polici poor posit previous princip privat probationari procedur process profession profil protect provid provis public publicis put qcf qualif qualifi qualiti queri question race rais rapport rather reach readi receiv recent receptionist record recruit redund referr reflect regard regul relat relationship relay relev religion remain report repres research residenti resolut resolv respons restrict review right risk role rule safeguard safeti say search sector semi semi-independ servic set sex sexual shadow share show shown sick sign sinc situat six skill social sourc staf staff standard start state statement statutori step strict supervis supervisor supplement support sure surgeri survey/questionnaire suspect take taken tax team telephon temporarili term termin test thing time took top topic touch toward trade train turn type uk un un-claim unannounc understand union unit upcom updat upon us user verbal victim view viewpoint vigil visit visitor vital wage warn way well whether whilst whistleblow wider within work worker workplac would write written year young