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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
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.
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…
Guidance you should consider when considering the employee shareholder employment status.
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
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
Personal data an employer can keep about an employee, and employee rights to see this information under data protection rules
As an agency worker, you have certain rights when using temp, recruitment agencies or employment agencies to find work - pay, holidays, equal treatment, fees.
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
Get help and advice on employment rights - telephone, opening hours, website
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
Guidance on employment status for HR advisers, and to help individuals and businesses understand which employment rights apply to them.
Employee rights and employer legal obligations - the Information and Consultation of Employee regulations, setting up information and consultation agreements, complaints
Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job
Legal rights for pregnant employees - including paid time off for antenatal appointments, maternity leave and pay, protection against discrimination and telling the employer about the pregnancy.
Rights of employees when accepting conditional and unconditional job offers and about breach of contract
Wage slips must show any deductions and explain them - not everyone has the right to a payslip
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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