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Guidance on employment status for HR advisers, and to help individuals and businesses understand which employment rights apply to them.
Guidance you should consider when considering the employee shareholder employment status.
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
Wage slips must show any deductions and explain them - not everyone has the right to a payslip
Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job
Rights to paid time off for union reps, shop stewards, health and safety or learning reps or other union officials
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
Check if you’re the deemed employer and what your responsibilities are if the off-payroll working rules (IR35) apply.
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
Find out what employment types have different rules for entitlement to Statutory Paternity Pay.
Strikes and industrial action - rights and responsibilities for employers, when unions can take action and the effect on employees' pay and working records
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.
Find out about how and what you’ll be paid and how to check your pay when you’re employed by an umbrella company as a temporary worker.
Employees working for one employer without a break, employments rights for continuous services, breaks that do not affect continuous service
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
Working effectively with trade unions; collective bargaining and agreements, informing and consulting, union subs, the check off, political funds, union reps
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.
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