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Law Commission recommends increased powers for employment tribunals.
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
Information and guidance on the Equality Act 2010, including age discrimination and public sector Equality Duty.
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...
Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
Find out about agricultural workers' pay and working conditions, labour laws, and health and safety laws.
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
When a business changes owner, employees could be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) - types of transfers, your rights, contracts, redundancy, where to get help
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
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
We are seeking views on reforms to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) and abolishing the legal framework for European Works Councils.
How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract
Grievances and disciplinary action at work can be solved by informal discussions, formal procedures, mediation, conciliation or arbitration.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Lord Stuart on 8 April 2024.
Employee rights and employer legal obligations - the Information and Consultation of Employee regulations, setting up information and consultation agreements, complaints
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Judge Keith on 28 March 2024.
Access and unfair practices during recognition and derecognition ballots
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
What to do if you're an employer who has been taken to an employment tribunal. Find out about the hearing, what happens if you lose your case and how to appeal.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Mrs Justice Eady on 14 March 2024.
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