(ERR) workbook - Skills CFA

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OVER TO YOU Apart from understanding your rights as an individual, you also need to know your legal obligations in the workplace and be able to comply with the requirements of the DPA. Q28 Answer any three questions from the checklist on page 31. Q29 How do you exercise your right to access your personnel records? (Look here for information: https://www.gov.uk/personal-data-my-employer-can-keep-about-me) ©2014 Skills CFA 32 | P a g e
7 Health and safety This section covers ERR outcomes 1, 2, 8 and 9 (see page 3). WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) is the main legislation covering health and safety in the workplace. Under this Act, employers and employees have certain responsibilities. These are: employers must ensure, as far as possible, the health, safety and welfare at work of all their employees. Employers should provide and maintain safe systems of work and a safe workplace. This covers all machinery, equipment and substances used employees have a duty to take reasonable care to avoid harm to themselves or to others by their work activities. Employees must not interfere with or misuse anything provided to protect their health, safety or welfare employers and employees must ensure they observe all general health and safety regulations and codes of practice employers and employees must also ensure they observe all specific health and safety requirements, ie those that apply to a particular occupation and/or workplace or relate to the employment of young people. Laws regarding health and safety apply to all businesses and means there is a responsibility for health and safety for both the employer and the employee. The purpose of health and safety is to identify, manage and control risks in order to minimise the likelihood of accidents. The Health and Safety Executive is the national independent watchdog for work-related health and safety and is responsible for enforcing of Health and Safety law. In doing so, they have certain powers that they are able to exercise. The Health and Safety Executive are able to: enter and inspect places of business take measurements, photographs and samples enforce that a particular area or piece of machinery be left undisturbed seize, render harmless or destroy dangerous items interview people and acquire information regarding health and safety issues. ©2014 Skills CFA 33 | P a g e
Page 1 and 2: Business Skills Apprenticeship Fram
Page 3 and 4: Welcome and introduction Dear appre
Page 5 and 6: Employee rights and responsibilitie
Page 7 and 8: When a period of employment is set
Page 9 and 10: Every employer should have a writte
Page 11 and 12: Q3 There are three types of employm
Page 13 and 14: Q5 Name three things an organisatio
Page 15 and 16: The provision for age discriminatio
Page 17 and 18: The Equality Act (2010) states that
Page 19 and 20: Q8 Give three examples of aspects o
Page 21 and 22: Q12 Give three examples of age disc
Page 23 and 24: paid and some unpaid overtime time
Page 25 and 26: OVER TO YOU Q14 What is ‘working
Page 27 and 28: 4 Maternity/paternity, parental and
Page 29 and 30: OVER TO YOU Q20 How much maternity
Page 31 and 32: writing by the deadline set by the
Page 33: 6 Data protection and access to per
Page 37 and 38: If an employee has been properly in
Page 39 and 40: Q32 Name two responsibilities that
Page 41 and 42: hearing or visual impairments menta
Page 43 and 44: Q37 Which external sources are avai
Page 45 and 46: OVER TO YOU Q38 What are the main c
Page 47 and 48: Q42 List three opportunities for tr
Page 49 and 50: 10 Representation This section cove
Page 51 and 52: Q47 Name the Standard Setting Organ
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Page 55 and 56: 13 Useful contacts Advisory, Concil
Page 57 and 58: Flexible working ERR Declaration Fo

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