As an employee in the care sector, you have certain employment rights (things you can expect from your employer) and responsibilities (things your employer can expect from you).
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Employment Rights
Your employment rights include:
- Pay you a salary in accordance with the National Living Wage (previously minimum wage)
- Provide an itemised payslip
- Provide statutory paid annual leave (holiday)
- Not be discriminatory towards yourself or anyone else
- Adhere to working time regulations
- Reasonably look out for your health, safety and wellbeing
- Seriously consider requests for flexible working after 6 months of employment
- Provide relevant training and equipment to perform duties
Employee Responsibilities
Your responsibilities and employee will include:
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- Reporting potential hazards to health and safety to your employer
- Adhering to employer’s agreed ways of working including their policies and procedures
- Starting and ending work at the times agreed with your employer, being punctual
- To be honest and own up to mistakes
- To not disclose confidential information
- To protect individual’s rights and promote person-centred values
- To uphold duty of care and report safeguarding concerns
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