Responsibilities of Employment F788 10: Task 1
Task 1
Identify how employers will expect you to behave at work and how they should treat you.
To achieve this assessment the following activities must be completed:
· identify your responsibilities as an employee
· identify what employers should do to treat you properly when you are in the workplace
· draw conclusions about the differences between how you behave in the workplace and how you behave in other places you know.
Task 1 (a)
Spend sometime reading the information supplied by:
The Government- Health and Safety, Equal opportunities
The Macrobert
that outline the responsibilities that you have as an employee within a working environment.
1 What responsibilities do you think you have as an employee?
Responsibility 1: you have the responsibility not to put yourself at risk of being harmed. This can be done by telling your employer of any risks that may be seen by you, telling the employer of any medical issues you have and generally not messing around in a working area and putting others at risk.
Responsibility 2: Not to interfere with or misuse anything that’s been provided for your health, safety or welfare. Therefore you are not mistreating the trust your employer has for you and putting yourself at risk of being fired
2 Identify two things employers should do to treat you properly in the workplace. You may give examples from: employment contact, health and safety behaviour, others.
Example 1: employers have the responsibility to make sure that their employees are working in a safe environment and are protected at work. Examples of this are the right light and atmosphere to concentrate in which otherwise can cause accidents, to make sure equipment is safe to use and has no risk of electrocution or tripping which could harm a colleague and signs to show regulations and rules to protect a person
Example 2 employers also have the responsibility to pay you at least the minimum wage for your current situation/ age. This is so an employee is not mistreated by being paid a low hourly rate. Employers also have the responsibility to make the workplace safe and that employees are not being overworked. Therefore employees have a maximum amount of hours they can make them work for before they need a break.
Task 1 (b)
Differences in the workplace
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
There are many rules and regulations at work. You usually sign a contract when you first start work. This gives your terms and conditions of work. It explains how you must behave, the work you must do and how long you must work.
Mentor Discussion Point: How do contracts work in the industry that you are interested in? What kind of conditions do employers stipulate within these contracts? Are they different for this industry than for other industries? Discuss these with your mentor.
What is expected of you in the workplace is frequently different from what is expected in your home or school. For example you may think it is acceptable to swear at home, but find that in most places of work it is unacceptable and may eventually lead to dismissal.
Some young people smoke and drink alcohol with their friends were they live but know that would be breaking health and safety regulations if they did this at work. If you make sexist or racist remarks to others at work you could be dismissed.
Mentor Discussion Point: Most contracts will also cover legislation concerning Health and Safety as well as Equal Opportunities legislation. These are outlined here. Discuss with your mentor to what extent these pieces of legislation are applied in your chosen industry.
At college or school you may not always have followed instructions but if you do this constantly at work you 'get the sack'. At home you can wear casual clothes but in some places of work you may have to be dressed smartly or wear a uniform with a company logo or wear a hard hat and steel toe capped boots.
Mentor Discussion Point: Does the industry you are interested in entering have specific regulations which apply only to that industry? To what extent do these differ from the regulations that you have as a student or a child?
Using information in the passage and the discussions you have had with your mentor outline the differences between work and non-worklife for someone working in the Creative Industries.
Difference 1:The main difference between work life and school life is that you have a lot more responsibilities for yourself and others. In a creative environment when you are creating something you may be working with more hazardous equipment e.g. to make clothes on a sewing machine. Therefore you have to be more careful or you are at risk of being fired.
Difference 2: In a Creative workplace there is a lot more stress to deal with as you have tighter deadlines than in a relaxed school atmosphere. Therefore you have to tell your employer when the stress is too much but also learn to deal with quicker deadlines by becoming more organized.
What now?
Once you have completed the above tasks upload them to your blog following the instruction in the ‘How to Guides’ section of your Moodle course.
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