City and Guilds Level 3

Understanding employment responsibilities and rights in health, social care or children’s and young people’s setting.
Task A
Ai Imagine you are a newly appointed supervisor/manager within your service. You need to updaste your staff handbook to reflect current employment law.
Identify three different sources of information you could use to enable you to do this.

• Internet
• Policies and Procedures
• Handbooks

Aii Once you have identified a reliable source of information:
a) List three aspects of employment covered by law.

• Equal Pay Act 1970
• Health and Safety Act 1974
• Data Protection Act 1998

b) List three main features of current employment legislation.

• Employment Rights
• Equalities and Discrimination Law
• Healthy and Safety at Work

Aiii Briefly outline why employment law exists.

To protect employers and employees from those who might take advantage of them.   Employment law exists, mainly because to be the basis of reference or decision when workers file claims for employment discrimination, unemployment compensation. [ Likewise, to oversee the workplace safety and standards, fair wages, retirement and pensions, employee benefits, and much more, are part of this wide-ranging legal area. Employment law deals with, the employer and the employee’s actions, rights and responsibilities, as well as their relationship with one another.

Understanding employment responsibilities and rights in health, social care or children’s and young people’s setting.
Task A
Ai Imagine you are a newly appointed supervisor/manager within your service. You need to updaste your staff handbook to reflect current employment law.
Identify three different sources of information you could use to enable you to do this.

• Internet
• Policies and Procedures
• Handbooks

Aii Once you have identified a reliable source of information:
a) List three aspects of employment covered by law.

• Equal Pay Act 1970
• Health and Safety Act 1974
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