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Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes

• Entitlement

  Almost all people classed as workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks’…

• Calculate leave entitlement

  For regular-hours workers, employers can use a ‘leave year’ or an…

• Holiday pay

  Workers are entitled to a week’s pay for each week of statutory leave that…

• Booking time off

  The general notice period for taking leave is at least twice as long as…

• Taking holiday before leaving a job

  During their notice period the worker may be able to take whatever is left…

Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers

• Overview

  Workers over 18 are usually entitled to 3 types of break - rest breaks at…

• Taking breaks

  Employers can say when employees take rest breaks during work time as long…

• Compensatory rest

  Workers may be entitled to ‘compensatory rest’ if they don’t have the…

• Exceptions

  Workers aren’t entitled to the 3 general types of rest break if they work…

• Young workers

  Young workers (above school leaving age and under 18) are usually entitled…

• Disputes

  Workers who can’t take or aren’t allowed rest breaks should speak to their…

What the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) is, work covered by the scheme and find out whether you should register as a contractor or subcontractor.

Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.

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 contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements

Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace

What to do about bullying and harassment at work - the law, action employees can take and advice for employers about their responsibilities

The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions

What you have to do under the Construction Industry Scheme if you're a contractor - registering, filing returns, paying subcontractors and keeping records.

Employees working for one employer without a break, employments rights for continuous services, breaks that do not affect continuous service

Part-time workers should not be treated less favourably than full-time workers; employers' responsibilities and what part-time workers can do if they're treated unfairly

Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu

How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract

When employers move, employees with mobility clauses, what happens with redundancies, compensation, disputes and company takeovers

Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended

The rules for working on Sundays, opt in, opt out arrangements, rules for shop and betting shop workers

Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers

The employment status of au pairs, nannies, carers, personal assistants and other people who work in your home - how to tell if they're an employee or not, what happens with the National Minimum Wage, tax and National I…

Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination