a) Imagine you are a newly appointed supervisor/ manager within your service. You need to update your staff handbook to reflect current employment law.
Indentify three different sources of information you could use to enable you to do this
EYFS
Childcare Act 2006
b) List three aspects of employment covered by law:
An employment contract
Health & safety
Working hours
Holiday entitlement
Sick leave / Statutory sick pay
Criminal records bureau checks
Anti- discrimination policies such as; age, sex, religion, disability and race
c) Briefly outline why employment law exists:
To stop the exploitation of workers by their employers and to ensure the job employee's are doing is safe.
It explains the rights of both the employer and the employees.
The national minimum wage is also in place to make sure employees are paid the minimum per hour which they are entitled to by law
d) List three main features of current employment legislation
Employment rights
Equality and discrimination
Health and safety
e) Terms and condition of your employment as set out in your contract of employment or employment agreement:
The terms and conditions of my contract such as: Probationary period, hours of work, holiday, sickness & absence from work, termination & notice period.
Information that needs to be shown on your playslip:
National insurance number
Tax Code
Pay Date
Total Pay and Allowances and Total Deductions
Amount earned during the period of pay
Two changes to personal information which you must report to your employer:
Change of name.
Change of bank details
Describe the procedure to follow if you wanted to raise a grievance at work. You mak describe this in writing or produce a flow chart
Talk informally with my Team Leader/Manager
Talk to the Head Teacher
Make a formal complaint
Explain the agreed ways of working with your employer...