ANNEX D RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN EMPLOYING STAFF
PA employers have a range of important responsibilities, all of which they can receive training on and other practical support from their local support service and SPAEN (see Annex A). This list is not exhaustive:
- Disclosure
- Equal opportunities
- Fair and unfair dismissal
- Handling employee grievances
- Health and safety
- Induction training
- Insurance and indemnity (for you as an employer and for your employee)
- Management and supervision of staff and relationship building
- National Insurance contributions
- Pay negotiations and awards
- Period of notice
- Redundancy
- Salary
- Staff appraisal
- Staff recruitment
- Statutory sick pay, maternity and paternity pay, adoption pay and leave
- Tax
- Terms and conditions of employment
- Unions
- Written statement of employment particulars
Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living ( GCIL) and Lothian Centre for Integrated Living ( LCIL) provide a range of training modules on inclusive living for disabled people and training for people who want to gain employment as personal assistants. More information can be found at http://www.gcil.org.uk/ and http://www.lothiancil.org.uk/
SPAEN's coaching and development programme offers various modules designed to assist people employing PAs to deal effectively and confidently with employment and personnel issues. More information can be found at http://www.spaen.co.uk/services/training.htm
For more information about employment see the following websites:
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service ( ACAS)
http://www.acas.org.uk/
Citizens Advice Bureau
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/scotland/life/employment_scotland.htm
Direct Gov
http://www.direct.gov.uk/Employment/Employees/fs/en
Trade Union Congress ( TUC)
http://www.tuc.org.uk/tuc/rights_main.cfm