EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES UNIT
(L/504/6160)
YOUTH WORK APPRENTICESHIP FRAMEWORK
WORK BOOK
This work book has been designed to help learners provide the evidence needed to achieve the
unit ‘Employment Rights and Responsibilities (L/504/6160)’ which is included in the
following ABC qualifications:
601/5531/0
ABC Level 2 Certificate in Youth Work Practice
601/5532/2
ABC Level 3 Certificate in Youth Work Practice
601/5533/4
ABC Level 3 Diploma in Youth Work Practice
601/7774/3
ABC Level 2 Certificate in Youth Work Practice (Wales)
601/7775/5
ABC Level 3 Certificate in Youth Work Practice (Wales)
601/7776/7
ABC Level 3 Diploma in Youth Work Practice (Wales)
Details of which can be found on the ABC Awards website.
The Youth Work Apprenticeship Frameworks at Level 2 and Level 3 have been updated to
include the new suite of revised Youth Work Practice qualifications listed above. If learners are
completing the updated ABC Level 2 Certificate in Youth Work Practice or the ABC Level 3
Diploma in Youth Work Practice as part of the Youth Work Apprenticeship Framework for
England, then they will be required to show evidence of knowledge of Employment Rights and
Responsibilities by selecting the ERR unit which is available within optional unit Group C of the
Level 2 Certificate and Level 3 Diploma qualifications (please see the qualification guide for
more information about mandatory and optional unit groups). This also applies to learners who
are completing the Level 2 Certificate in Youth work Practice (Wales), Level 3 Certificate in
Youth work Practice (Wales) and Level 3 Diploma in Youth work Practice (Wales) qualifications
for the Apprenticeship Framework for Wales. Therefore the optional ERR unit is also
available within optional group C for these qualifications.
Learners completing the tasks in the work booklet can be supported and guided by the
tutor/assessor to ensure that they understand what is required of them, however, all work
produced must be the learners own work.
The evidence produced must be assessed by a suitably experienced and qualified assessor
against the relevant Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria for the unit.
Further
information about this is contained in the Qualification Guides which are available on the ABC
Awards web site.
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All assessor decisions should be quality assured through internal standardisation, and all
assessment decisions and internal standardisation information should be available to ABC
Awards for sampling or during an External Quality Assurance visit.
Centre’s may not wish to use all the Tasks in the booklet in their current format, and instead
may wish to use other methods of assessment such as oral presentations etc.
This is
acceptable, but the evidence provided must clearly show individual learners achievement of all
assessment criteria. All work must be clearly signposted to the relevant criteria, include any
supporting material produced by the learner or assessor, e.g. research note, witness statements
etc. and must be made available for external quality assurance upon request.
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Employment Rights and Responsibilities (L/504/6160)
Learning Outcome 1. Understand the terms ‘rights’ and ‘responsibilities’.
Task 1 (AC 1.1)
Define the following terms in relation to employment and state the differences between these
terms:
Rights
Responsibilities
The differences
between rights and
responsibilities are…
Learning Outcome 2. Know organisational structure and changes.
Task 2 (AC 2.1)
In the box below produce an organisation structure/chart for your workplace. You should include
the job roles and names (if possible) of the people who work within your organisation.
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Task 3 (AC 2.1)
In the table below outline your organisations values, the customer base that they target and
their approach to career development and training. You could use any personal examples of
training if relevant.
Workplace…
Values
Customer base
Approach to career
development
Task 4 (AC 2.2 and 2.3)
Outline below at least two main changes that have taken place in the area of business that you
work in. You should note in your answer when these changes took place. Explain how these
changes have affected your working practices and the working practices of those that you work
with.
The main changes
that have taken
place in the area of
business that I
work in are…
These changes
have impacted on
the following
working practices:
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Learning Outcome 3. Know employment responsibilities and rights.
Task 5 (AC 3.1)
Complete the table below by summarising the employer and employee rights and/or
responsibilities under employment law.
Employment law
Employer rights and/or
responsibilities
Employee rights and/or
responsibilities
Contracts of
employment
Anti-discrimination
legislation
Age discrimination
Disability discrimination
Working hours, rest
breaks and holiday
entitlements
Absence and sickness
Data protection and
personal information
access
Sector representations
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Task 6 (AC 3.2)
Describe the health and safety requirements that are relevant to your workplace.
Task 7 (AC 3.3)
Outline the impact that these health and safety requirements have on your own job role.
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Learning Outcome 4. Understand documents relevant to own employment.
Task 8 (AC 4.1)
Describe the main terms and conditions of a contract of employment. (Preferably, you should
refer to your own contract of employment).
Task 9 (AC 4.2)
Outline the contents and purpose of your job description.
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Task 10 (AC 4.3 and 4.4)
Describe the types of information held on personnel records and explain how you would update
the information held about you on these records.
Task 11 (AC 4.5)
The following terms are commonly included on pay slips or statements of earnings. Write down
your understanding of these terms.
Term
Explanation
National Insurance
(NI) Number
Payroll reference
Rate of Pay
Deductions
Total Gross Pay
Gross for Tax
Earnings for NI
Net Pay
Tax Code
Payment Method
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Learning Outcome 5. Know key employment procedures at work.
Task 12 (AC 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3)
Describe the workplace procedures that you would follow for the situations below:
You would like to take some
time off work
You have a work related
complaint
You have witnessed
bullying in the workplace
Task 13 (AC 5.4)
There are a number of sources of information and guidance relating to employment issues.
Identify where you would go to find this information, both inside and outside of your workplace.
Information and guidance available inside Information and guidance available outside
my workplace
my workplace
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