Employee Rights and Responsibilities at Claxton Engineering Ltd

This report delves into the crucial aspects of employee rights and responsibilities within the context of Claxton Engineering Ltd. It begins by defining the roles of employees in their occupations and within the broader industry, highlighting administrative duties and communication roles. The report then outlines potential career pathways, emphasizing skill development and opportunities for advancement. It identifies sources of information and advice, including supervisors, colleagues, and external resources. Furthermore, the report details organizational principles and addresses public concerns such as whistle-blowing and sustainability. It then explores the types, roles, and responsibilities of representative bodies like trade unions and advisory services, before examining the statutory rights and responsibilities of both employers and employees. The report also covers employer expectations, procedures, documentation, and various sources of information on employment rights. The conclusion summarizes the key findings, emphasizing the importance of these rights and responsibilities in the workplace.

Employee rights and
responsibilities

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART A...........................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Role of occupation within organisation and industry............................................................1
1.2 Career pathway within the organisation and industry............................................................1
1.3 Sources of information and advices.......................................................................................1
1.4 Organisational principles.......................................................................................................2
1.5 Issues of public concern.........................................................................................................2
1.6 Types, roles and responsibilities............................................................................................2
2.1 Employer and employee statutory right and responsibilities that affects their roles.............3
2.2 Employer's expectations........................................................................................................3
2.3 Procedures and documentation..............................................................................................3
2.4 Sources of information and advices on employment rights and responsibilities...................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Employee rights and responsibilities are defined as the freedom as well as duty of care
towards their work and superiors of organisation (Anitha, 2014). To understand the employees
and employers rights and duties, Claxton Engineering Ltd is selected. The report includes roles,
career pathways, sources of information, statutory rights and advices on rights and
responsibilities of employment.
PART A
1.1 Role of occupation within organisation and industry.
The role of employee occupation such as Business Admin Assistant in Claxton
Engineering Ltd is to ensure administrative duties, organising meetings, handling office tasks,
reordering supplies and so on.
The role of employee for the same occupation within the industry is to communicate with
different organisations via communicative methods as well as computer software in order to
distribute informations as and when required by the companies in same industry.
1.2 Career pathway within the organisation and industry.
Career pathway explains the way an individual progress in his career. The career
pathway can include working in the same occupation for long time period in same organisation
or another with the aim to grabbing knowledge as well as skills with effective training
programmes (Jackson, 2015). After this, the employees can also switch to different fields from
the administrator field to sales admin, resource management, seniority, office management, sales
customer services and many more within industry.
1.3 Sources of information and advices.
An information source may be a person, thing, place, etc. from which information can be comes,
derives or arise. In Claxton Engineering Ltd context, this can be derived from within it and
outside as well. Advice regarding training and career may be obtained from supervisors or
seniors whereas information regarding industry and occupation may arise by colleagues or
managers. External sources can provide advice about taxation, labour laws, human rights, etc.
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1.4 Organisational principles.
Principles of conduct of an organization describes the demeanour anticipated from the
employees and generally refers acting morally and with honesty. Codes of practice are referred
to regularise and disciplined an activity or occupation and suggest practical advice. The
principles of conduct also defines the behaviour expected from employers as well. Main motive
of these two terms is to maintain discipline, integrity and protecting the health and welfares of
each and every staff member.
1.5 Issues of public concern.
The main public concern within the engineering industry is whistle-blowing policies.
Whistle-blowing means to reveal any kind of activity or information that is viewed as unethical,
illegal or incorrect within an establishment. The next major public concern that can effect the
respective firm is recycling and sustainability. This thing is related with natural resources and
their uses which are used by public as well as business organizations. Effective use of these
resources is needful.
1.6 Types, roles and responsibilities.
The types along with roles and responsibilities of representative bodies along with their
relevance with work are as follows:
Trade unions : Trade unions are an association formed by the employees and workers to
negotiate with employers for their common employment rights and maintain cordial employee-
employer relations (Shields, and et.al., 2015).
CAB : Citizens advice bureau or CAB is a system of 316 independent bodies working as
a charity throughout UK that is engaged in providing free information and advice to people
related with the matters of money, legal and consumer related issues.
ACAS : Advisory, conciliation and arbitration service is a public body appointed by
crown in Government of UK. The main aim of this body is to improve the structure of industrial
relations and provide professional consultancy to the disputes arising between the employers and
employees in an industrial feud.
Mediators : Mediators are professionals who provide solutions to a problem using
his/her legal and arbitration expertise. They work outside the realm of legal structure. They come
before the solicitors but are not a legal option for it.
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Solicitors : They are the legal representatives who engage in a legal recourse to resolve
the issue by representing their respective clients in a court of law.
2.1 Employer and employee statutory right and responsibilities that affects their roles.
The employer and employee both have legal, relational and ethical responsibilities
towards each other. The role of the employer is to abide by the labour laws, their provisions, to
provide fair wages, accurate working space, provide them good facilities of drinking water,
toilets and other recreational activities. While the employees roles is to justify their work for the
wages they receive and do not damage the premises or any other article in the factory purposely
to harm the employer. They shall not ask for unjust demands from the employer and should not
stop work to pressurise employer without any just and legal cause.
2.2 Employer's expectations.
In all organisation employer manage all business activities with the help of employees
that helps to run a business for long term. Every employer have some expectation from their
employees according to their skills that helps to achieve goals. Such as the employer of Claxton
Engineering Ltd has some expectation from their staff they should be punctual on time in which
they can complete project in stipulated time and should be of positive behaviour that helps to
address all problems effectively in order to complete goals (Wood, and et.al., 2012). If
employees have these quality that means employer can achieve its target and get competitive
advantages.
2.3 Procedures and documentation.
Claxton Engineering Ltd follows a procedure and documentation that helps to protect
relationship among employer and employees that are given below:
Healthy and safety act 1974: By following this act Claxton Engineering Ltd can protect
relationship such as employer provide good health and safety to its staff that helps to retain for
long term by maintaining good relations.
Minimum wages act 1948: This act also helps to maintain relation in Claxton
Engineering Ltd such as employer provide minimum wages to all staff and share information that
make feel confident and integral part of organisation. As result increase in productivity and
profitability within organisation.
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2.4 Sources of information and advices on employment rights and responsibilities.
Various sources of information as well as advices based on employment rights and
responsibilities are available on:
Organisational intranet: The private network that is only accessible to organisational
staff. Th employers of Claxton Engineering Ltd collects informations based on rights and
responsibilities associated with employment. The organisational intranet also provides advices
on various rights and responsibilities as per the employers demand (Jackson, 2015).
Advice Bureau: It is a network of numerous independent charities that provides free
confidential information as well as advices to employers in context to employment rights as well
as responsibilities.
Staff handbook: Such handbook includes detailed information of all employees as well
as employers that helps in providing employees and employers all detailed information based on
employment laws, rights, obligations along with responsibilities.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that rights and responsibilities are very
important for employees and employers. The role of employees in occupation includes handling
office tasks, following administrative duties and hence forth. Career paths within the
organisation and industry includes sales admin, seniority and many more. Sources of
informational and advices can be taken from organisational intranet and staff handbook.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Anitha, J., 2014. Determinants of employee engagement and their impact on employee
performance. International journal of productivity and performance management.
63(3). p.308.
Jackson, D., 2015. Employability skill development in work-integrated learning: Barriers and
best practice. Studies in Higher Education. 40(2). pp.350-367.
Shields, J., and et.al., 2015. Managing employee performance & reward: Concepts, practices,
strategies. Cambridge University Press.
Wood, S., and et.al., 2012. Enriched job design, high involvement management and
organizational performance: The mediating roles of job satisfaction and well-
being. Human relations. 65(4). pp.419-445.
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