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• Updated: 21 December 2017

Joining a union and getting recognition for collective bargaining and agreements - legal rules about membership, union reps and your rights

• Joining a trade union

  A trade union is an organisation with members who are usually workers or…

• Trade union membership: your employment rights

  You have the right to: choose to join or not join a union decide to leave…

• Role of your trade union rep

  A trade union representative (‘rep’) is a union member who represents and…

• Union negotiations with your employer

  When an employer and a union agree to negotiate on pay, terms and…

Guidance and advice for candidates using the Civil Service Jobs website.

• Updated: 18 February 2020

Information about the Civil Service job share finder, and other resources for staff interested in working as a partner in a job share.

• Updated: 29 November 2022

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

Information and advice about what career choices are available for teenagers and young adults in England - National Careers Service

The benefits of recruiting people who have served in the armed forces and services offered by the Career Transition Partnership (CTP).

• Updated: 19 October 2015

Careers Wales provides independent and impartial careers information, advice and guidance service for Wales. Careers Wales works with the Welsh Government .

• Updated: 15 April 2021

The Government Recruitment Service (GRS) was launched in September 2017 and is part of Civil Service HR in the Cabinet Office. As an ‘in-house’ provider, GRS works to meet recruitment needs across government. We deliver around 70 per cent of...

• Updated: 18 August 2023

Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes

This collection brings together all documents in the Employment Relations Research Series.

• Updated: 24 February 2014

Find out if you're an employment intermediary and what you need to do to make sure your worker's tax and National Insurance is paid correctly.

• Updated: 7 March 2024

Guidance for advert-only departments on creating and publishing job adverts using the new VX Civil Service Jobs applicant tracking system.

• Updated: 22 June 2022

The CTP provides comprehensive resettlement support services for personnel leaving the Armed Forces, as they transition from their military career into employment, further education or retirement and for up to two years after leaving in the form of employment support.

• Updated: 26 October 2022

Register your details to receive alerts about suitable job and career opportunities in international organisations (eg the United Nations, European Parliament), graduates, business professionals

Find out about HMRC's graduate recruitment programme, the selection process, and how to apply for the 2024 programme.

• Updated: 4 December 2023

Employers' responsibilities when using agencies to find staff, including health and safety, access to facilities, vacancies, continuous employment, transfer fees and complaints

Join us as a Research Officer to launch a brilliant career in Government Social Research.

• Updated: 19 March 2024

Find out about updated guidance on end of year templates and changes to the share options limit and share class restrictions from April 2023.

• Updated: 19 January 2023

An explanation of the people who may be present at an employment tribunal hearing.

• Updated: 24 June 2020