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Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Strikes and industrial action - rights and responsibilities for employers, when unions can take action and the effect on employees' pay and working records
The rights of agricultural and farm workers - including pay rates, agricultural minimum wage, overtime, holiday leave, rest breaks, help and advice
How to protect your employment business, and the workers you supply, from non-compliant businesses in your supply chain.
An employer can suspend an employee from work if their health and safety is in danger - employee right to pay, alternative work and how to handle problems
Grievances and disciplinary action at work can be solved by informal discussions, formal procedures, mediation, conciliation or arbitration.
If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice
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
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
Employment law and insolvency
Guidance for reservists and their employers about what happens before, during and after mobilisation, applying to delay or cancel mobilisation, getting financial assistance, reservists' rights during redundancy
The employment status of au pairs, nannies, carers, personal assistants and other people who work in your home - how to tell if they're an employee or not, what happens with the National Minimum Wage, tax and National Insurance, what...
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
How legal industrial action is organised, picketing and the law and what your employment rights when you are on strike
Guidance on maternity and paternity rights for parents of babies born on or after 3 April 2011.
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
Leaders from across business and civil society have welcomed the Government strengthening employment protections.
Being made redundant - rights, statutory payments you're entitled to, notice periods and consultation, finding a job.
Find out how to set up salary sacrifice arrangements and calculate tax and National Insurance contributions on them if you're an employer.
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