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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
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
Part-time work The youngest age a child can work part-time is 13, except…
Children under 16 School-aged children are not entitled to the National…
A child may need a licence if they’re under school leaving age and taking…
There are several restrictions on when and where children are allowed to…
Most local councils say that businesses intending to employ school-aged…
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.
You cannot work more than 48 hours a week on average - normally averaged…
Average working hours are calculated over a ‘reference’ period, normally…
You can choose to work more than 48 hours a week on average if you’re over…
Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
Guidance on claiming Universal Credit if you're a student.
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Search and apply for jobs in Great Britain using ‘Find a job’.
Information about the Civil Service job share finder, and other resources for staff interested in working as a partner in a job share.
An analysis of part-timers who would like to be in full-time employment.
Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job
Becoming an apprentice - what to expect, apprenticeship levels, pay and training, making an application, complaining about an apprenticeship.
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Dismissal is when your employer ends your employment - reasons you can be dismissed, unfair and constructive dismissal and what to do if you're dismissed
Find and apply for a college or university course - full time, part time, post graduate, UCAS, Unistats, National Careers Service, Open University, CUKAS
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
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