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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.
The rights of agricultural and farm workers - including pay rates, agricultural minimum wage, overtime, holiday leave, rest breaks, help and advice
Agricultural workers in Wales, and those employed in England before 1…
An agricultural worker is someone who works in: farming and rearing…
Agricultural workers in England must be paid at least the National Minimum…
The minimum wage and other rights and entitlements for agricultural…
If an agricultural worker gets a self-contained home as part of their job…
An individual or business that provides workers for agricultural work is…
From 1 October 2013, the terms and conditions changed for agricultural and…
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
In employment law a person’s employment status helps determine: their…
A person is generally classed as a ‘worker’ if: they have a contract or…
An employee is someone who works under an employment contract. A person…
An employee shareholder is someone who works under an employment contract…
A person is self-employed if they run their business for themselves and…
Company directors run limited companies on behalf of shareholders.…
A person who’s been appointed to a position by a company or organisation…
A court or employment tribunal (known as an industrial tribunal in…
Find out about protection for disabled people from discrimination at work, in education or dealing with the police
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
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
Guidance on employment status for HR advisers, and to help individuals and businesses understand which employment rights apply to them.
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
Working effectively with trade unions; collective bargaining and agreements, informing and consulting, union subs, the check off, political funds, union reps
Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination
Includes health and safety, accidents at work and joining a trade union
As an agency worker, you have certain rights when using temp, recruitment agencies or employment agencies to find work - pay, holidays, equal treatment, fees.
Rights for interns and students in the workplace; work experience; work placements; rights to the National Minimum Wage.
Find out about agricultural workers' pay and working conditions, labour laws, and health and safety laws.
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy
How legal industrial action is organised, picketing and the law and what your employment rights when you are on strike
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