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A consultation seeking views on reforms to the working time regulations, holiday pay, and the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE).
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Mrs Justice Eady on 14 March 2024.
What to do if you're an employer who has been taken to an employment tribunal. Find out about the hearing, what happens if you lose your case and how to appeal.
The rules for working on Sundays, opt in, opt out arrangements, rules for shop and betting shop workers
How to know whether the operatives you deploy are employed or self-employed, and what this means for tax and national insurance.
Guidance you should consider when considering the employee shareholder employment status.
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Getting a work reference from an employer either while in work or when applying for a new job – and what you can do if you think it's unfair.
Find out about protection for disabled people from discrimination at work, in education or dealing with the police
Working time directive and maximum weekly working hours including how to calculate your weekly working hours and working time limits if you're a young worker.
A Guide for Employers and Employees to the role of the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) for these regulations
Employers might monitor workers, but if the monitoring involves taking data, images or drug testing they have to do this in a way that's legal and fair
Check if you’re the deemed employer and what your responsibilities are if the off-payroll working rules (IR35) apply.
Employees working for one employer without a break, employments rights for continuous services, breaks that do not affect continuous service
How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing
Employment agencies and businesses must keep proper records and can be inspected by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate; the records you must keep, how long to store them and what happens if you're inspected
How to take an employer to a tribunal: the hearing, what happens if you lose your case, how to appeal.
Find out about the legal background to expenses payments and benefits received by directors and employees.
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