Contracts of employment and working hours

• Employment contracts

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

• Contract types and employer responsibilities

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

• Employment status

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

• Continuous employment

  Employees working for one employer without a break, employments rights for continuous services, breaks that don't affect continuous service

• Fixed-term employment contracts

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

• Flexible working

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

• Employers: preventing discrimination

  Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in the workplace - sex discrimination, disabled workers, older people, compulsory retirement

• Maximum weekly working hours

  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

• Part-time workers' rights

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

• Overtime: your rights

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

• Sunday working

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

• Anti-bribery policy

  Protect yourself and your business by putting in place an anti-bribery policy for those who work for you and on your behalf

• Employer relocation: your rights

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

• Business support helplines

  Get business support and advice over the phone - setting up and running a business, advice on exports and exporting

• Night working hours

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

• Rest breaks at work

  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

• Workplace bullying and harassment

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