1. What are your rights as an employee? What are you entitled to?
Starter
What are your rights as an employee?
What are you entitled to?

2. To describe the rights of retail employees
Objectives
To describe the rights of retail employees

3. Workers are entitled to certain employment rights, including:
New Information
Workers are entitled to certain employment rights, including:
Getting the National Minimum Wage
Protection against unlawful deductions from wages
The statutory minimum level of paid holiday
The statutory minimum length of rest breaks
protection against unlawful discrimination
protection for ‘whistleblowing’ - reporting wrongdoing in the workplace
to not be treated less favourably if they work part-time
They may also be entitled to:
Statutory Sick Pay
Statutory Maternity Pay
Statutory Paternity Pay
Statutory Adoption Pay
Shared Parental Pay

4. Contract of employment
New Information
Contract of employment
All employees have an employment contract with their employer. A contract is an agreement that sets out an employee’s:
employment conditions
rights
responsibilities
duties
These are called the ‘terms’ of the contract.
Employees and employers must stick to a contract until it ends (eg by an employer or employee giving notice or an employee being dismissed) or until the terms are changed (usually by agreement between the employee and employer).

5. CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT
New Information
CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT
Conditions of employment can relate to the employee (notice periods, salary/wages, benefits, work hours) or to the company (discipline/grievance procedures and other things required by law).
Employment contracts may be open-ended (permanent); for temporary periods of employment or for fixed terms; or for full or part-time work.
Changes to employment contracts must be made following procedures, which are designed to protect the employee from unfair treatment and ensure consultation on the nature of any changes proposed

6. CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT
New Information
CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT
There are three types of employment status, which indicates a person’s rights and responsibilities at work: ‘worker’, ‘employee’ or ‘self-employed’.
‘Workers’ include people working under a variety of contracts. Employees are workers, but have different rights and responsibilities than workers.
‘Employees’ are workers, but employees have a wider range of employment rights and responsibilities than other workers (for example, the requirement to give notice if you wish to leave your job).
‘Self-employed’ people are not generally covered by employment law, except for some things such as health and safety. Rights and responsibilities are determined by the person’s contract with their client.

7. CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT
New Information
CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT
Employment contracts are legally binding on both the employer and employee and serve to protect each other’s rights and responsibilities.
The terms (legal parts) of the contract can be in a variety of forms, including:
verbal agreement
in a written contract (or similar document)
in an employee handbook or on a company notice board
in an offer letter from your employer
required by law (for example, your employer must pay you at least the minimum wage)
in collective agreements
implied terms.

8. Implied terms employees not stealing from their employer
New Information
Implied terms
employees not stealing from their employer
your employer providing a safe and secure working environment
a legal requirement like the right to a minimum of 5.6 weeks’ paid holidays
something necessary to do the job like a driver having a valid licence
something that’s been done regularly in a company over a long time like paying a Christmas bonus

9. New Information
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION
The Equality Act 2010 combines previous anti-discrimination legislation into one act, and covers race, sex, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, and age. It protects against discrimination, harassment and victimisation.
Everyone has the right to receive equal pay for work of the same value, regardless of whether they are a man or woman
Employers cannot discriminate against workers because of a physical or mental disability, nor can they fail to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate a worker with a disability.

10. WORKING HOURS, REST BREAKS AND HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENTS
New Information
WORKING HOURS, REST BREAKS AND HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENTS
There are working time regulations (Working Time Directive and Working Time Regulations 1998) that apply to all employers in the UK, regardless of sector or organisation size.
The weekly maximum working hours for adult workers cannot be more than 48 hours per week, on average.

11. WORKING HOURS, REST BREAKS AND HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENTS
New Information
WORKING HOURS, REST BREAKS AND HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENTS
There are special provisions that limit the hours that young workers can work. The working time of a young worker must not exceed eight hours a day or 40 hours a week, and no young worker (with a few exceptions) can be employed to work between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. (or if agreed, between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.).
Every worker, whether part-time or full-time, is entitled to 5.6 weeks’ paid annual leave (holiday). There are legal rights to time off work for public duties and other functions, not all of which need be paid for by the employer. There are specific rights and responsibilities that apply in the case of maternity and parental leave.

12. New Information
Rest Breaks
Most workers have the right to take breaks, but whether or not you are paid for them depends on the terms of your employment contract.
Types of breaks - There are different kinds of breaks from work. These include:
Rest breaks (e.g. lunch breaks, short breaks during the day). Adult workers can have a 20-minute break if they expect to work six hours (this may be your coffee or lunch break). It can be spent away from the workplace and should be taken in one block, somewhere in the middle of your working time. Your employer can say when the break must be taken.

13. New Information
Rest Breaks
Daily rest (the break between one work day and the next – for most people, overnight). This break should be at least 11 hours for adult workers.
Weekly rest (when you don’t come in to work for full days, e.g. the weekend). This should be a minimum of an uninterrupted 24 hours a week or an uninterrupted 48 hours a fortnight for adult workers.

14. Maternity /Paternity Pay
New Information
Maternity /Paternity Pay
If you become a parent, you will be entitled to a period of maternity, paternity and/or parental leave, which can be paid or unpaid.
All pregnant employees are entitled to take up to one year’s (52 weeks) maternity leave, regardless of length of service with the employer
New fathers can take either one week’s or two consecutive weeks’ paternity leave, and during this time may be entitled to paternity pay. However, you cannot take odd days off and, if you take two weeks, they must be taken together

15. New Information
ABSENCE AND SICKNESS
Employees have a right to receive statutory sick pay if they meet certain criteria. Some employers go beyond this and pay additional entitlements if employees are unwell.
Employees are allowed by their employers to ‘self certificate’ the first seven days of their sickness without the need to get a certificate from their local doctor. However, these arrangements may vary from employer to employer

16. How does this relate to ElAr Sports?
Apply
How does this relate to ElAr Sports?
Getting paid the National Minimum Wage
The government has introduced a new law, where everyone who is working should receive this specific amount of money per hour. This amount will vary depending on your age.
ElAr Sports currently have three full time employees with one being the manager and two employees who are part time. All of her staff who she has employed are all over the age of 25. The minimum wage of over 25 year olds is… £7.20

17. Employee Right
What this means
the statutory minimum length of rest breaks
The government have set out a minimum of 20 minute break which is required after a 6 hour or more non-stop working.
to not work more than 48 hours on average per week
The government has placed an order that no staff member should work more than a total of 48 hours per week.
protection against unlawful discrimination
Unlawful discrimination is when an employer chooses to not employee an employer due to their race, religion, gender, age and etc.
your employer providing a safe and secure working environment
Legal requirement of an employer is to make sure that the staff are sufficiently trained so that all the employees and customers are safe whilst in the building.

18. Applied to ElAr
ElAr Sports currently have three full time employees with one being the manager and two employees who are part time. All of her staff who she has employed are all over the age of 25. The minimum wage of over 25 year olds is… £7.83
ElAr Sports have three full time staff who will need to be given 28 paid holidays during a year, the two part time staff will have 28 days pro-rata for the number of days a week they work.
ElAr Sports allows her staff members to have access to 30 minutes between the time period of 12:30pm and 2:00pm.
ElAr Sports full time staff work 9:00am till 5:00pm, four days a week and 9:00am till 1:00pm two days a week which equals a forty hour week.
Ela would have to ensure that her employees would be given equal opportunities whilst at work and making sure that she does not discriminate against any of her staff due to their race, religion, gender, age and etc.
Ela has employed a manager who is first aided.

19. Review
Peer Assessment
Where could they link the roles of the different functional areas to ElAr Sports?

20. Respond to the feedback you have received
Review
Self Assessment
Respond to the feedback you have received
Have your improvements elevated your work to a PASS standard?