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

• Overview

  All employees have an employment contract with their employer. A contract…

• Contract terms

  The legal parts of a contract are known as ‘terms’. An employer should…

• Collective agreements

  An employer may have an agreement with employees’ representatives (from…

• Written statement of employment particulars

  An employer must give employees and workers a document stating the main…

• Problems with a written statement

  If an employee or worker has a problem receiving their written statement,…

Apply to set up an arrangement with your employer to be kept informed and to be consulted

• Overview

  You, together with other employees, can ask your employer to keep you…

• Eligibility

  To make a request, you need to be an employee of a company or organisation…

• Make a request

  You can either write to: your employer to request an arrangement the…

• What happens next

  Your employer can start negotiating with you straight away if they choose…

• If a ballot is held

  Your employer may hold a ballot (a vote) to decide if they should start…

• Negotiate an agreement

  You need to negotiate with your employer when they agree - or the Central…

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

• Overview

  It is against the law to treat someone less favourably than someone else…

• Discrimination in recruitment

  Discrimination in job adverts You must not state or imply in a job advert…

• Discrimination in work

  You must not discriminate against your workers. This could be done by, for…

Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job

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

Workplace pensions - your employer's responsibilities to you to provide a workplace pension and what automatic enrolment means to you

Employer's responsibilities during the process of union recognition.

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

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

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

This guidance is on a Union making an application to be recognised for collective bargaining

• Updated: 7 June 2022

These sections are taken from the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 and relate to disclosure of information

• Updated: 15 September 2020

What you can expect from your employer and what your responsibilities are as an employee. What to do if you think you are being treated unfairly at work.

• Updated: 16 January 2023

This guide provides information on statutory derecognition of a trade union

• Updated: 16 September 2020

Access and unfair practices during recognition and derecognition ballots

• Updated: 22 September 2020

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

Workplace pensions - what employers have to do, automatic enrolment, ongoing duties, stakeholder pensions

Disciplinary procedures your employer has at work - disciplinary hearings, appeals, suspension, dismissal and help and advice

How to protect your employment business, and the workers you supply, from non-compliant businesses in your supply chain.

• Updated: 30 November 2023

The rules for employment agencies and businesses: licences, vulnerable people, opting out, job advertisements, transfer fees, trade unions, terms and conditions and contracts, travel and accommodation for work-seekers