1. Investigating Rights and Responsibilities at work
Unit 20
Investigating Rights and Responsibilities at work

2. Reasons why rights and responsibilities are important
Ensures safety and wellbeing of staff, visitors and customers
Ensures the company is complying with the law and the standards of society
Ensures companies have guidelines to solve problems or conflict in the workplace by following them
Ensures order in the workplace and agreed obligations in the workplace
Alloys employers to carry out business in a fair and productive way
Allows employees and employers to be protected

3. Task 1 Assessment Criteria 1.1
You are working for a HR department and must be able to explain rights and responsibilities to new employees.
Plan what you will say to brief new staff.
Your answer must include;
What is meant by the terms ‘rights’ and ‘responsibilities’
One reason why rights are important (give an example to back up your answer of why)
One reason why responsibilities are important. (give an example to back up your answer of why)
***See acceptable answers for reasons why they are important on the previous slide (2)***

4. Task 1 Criteria 1.1 (Layout)
Say what a Right is
Say why it is important
Give an example of a right and why it is important
Say what a responsibility is
Give an example of a responsibility and why it is important

5. Task 2 Assessment Criteria 1.2
How rights and responsibilities are enforced.
Use of legislation and law
Codes of conduct that staff follow
Regulatory bodies who carry out inspections
Employer and peer expectations

6. Task 2 (1.2) Scenario 1 Right to paid leave every year
Choose how it is enforced from the previous slide (5) and explain what this means

7. Task 2 (1.2) Scenario 2 Right to statutory sick pay if:
You are under 65 years old
You are off for at least 4 days in a row
You earn at least £82 a week
Choose how it is enforced from the previous slide (5) and explain what this means

8. Task 3 Assessment Criteria 2.1
Responsibilities of employers:
health and safety
pay and benefits
Job recruitment and advertising
terms and conditions at work
contract of employment
appraisal, promotion and training
dismissal, redundancy and retirement
privacy of personal information

9. Task 3 Assessment Criteria 2.1
Responsibilities of employers: Outline 4 employer responsibilities and explain what they mean.

10. Task 4 Assessment Criteria 2.2
Employee rights
to fair pay,
to be kept safe,
given equality of opportunity;

11. Task 4 Assessment Criteria 2.2
Employee rights Outline 2 employee rights and explain what they mean. (you can use the rights sheet to help you use examples if necessary)

12. Task 4 Assessment Criteria 2.2
Employee responsibility
follow procedures for safety,
Follow procedures for punctuality
fulfil contracted duties

13. Task 4 Assessment Criteria 2.2
Employee responsibilities Outline 2 employee responsibilities and explain what they mean. (you can use the responsibilities sheet to help you use examples if necessary)

14. Task 5 Assessment Objective 2.3
Implications of employee rights and responsibilities
safe work environment
policies and procedures
work culture

15. Task 5 Assessment Objective 2.3
Explain and implication of employee rights and responsibilities for;
Rights
Right to fair Pay
Right to be kept safe
Right to equal opportunities
Right to one week notice for every full year worked
Right to paid holiday
Right to paid maternity leave
Right to ask for flexible working hours to care for children
Right to daily and weekly rest breaks
Right to a maximum of 48 hour working week
Responsibility
Follow procedures for safety
To be punctual for work
To fulfill contracted duties

16. Task 5 Assessment Objective 2.3
Example
Right to fair pay
Implication is that everyone must be paid at least minimum wage and in-line with other staff who have the same job
Right to rest breaks
Implication is that employer can’t expect member of staff to work without a suitable break throughout the day or without any days off during the week.

17. Task 6 Assessment Objective 2.4
Data protection Principles
It must be collected and used fairly and inside the law.
It must only be held and used for the reasons given
It can only be used for those registered purposes and only be disclosed to those people mentioned in the register entry. You cannot give it away or sell it unless you said you would to begin with.
The information held must be adequate, relevant and not excessive when compared with the purpose stated in the register.
It must be accurate and be kept up to date. There is a duty to keep it up to date, for example to change an address when people move.
It must not be kept longer than is necessary for the registered purpose.
The information must be kept safe and secure. This includes keeping the information backed up and away from any unauthorised access.
The files may not be transferred outside of the European Economic Area (that's the EU plus some small European countries) unless the country that the data is being sent to has a suitable data protection law.

18. Task 6 Assessment Objective 2.4
Identify 3 points in relation to data protection and confidentiality procedures.
For each scenario you must;
What should you do in order to be working within the data protection law?
What principles of data protection and confidentiality does this scenario come under?

19. Task 7 Assessment Objective 3.1
Health & Safety Executive (HSE),
Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB),
Equality and Human Rights Commission,
trade unions,
Staff associations,
Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) /Disclosure and Barring Service

20. Task 7 Assessment Objective 3.1
In a poster you must
Identify three key representative bodies
describe the type of advice given by each of the chosen representative body