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Guidance you should consider when considering the employee shareholder employment status.
Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job
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
Check if you’re the deemed employer and what your responsibilities are if the off-payroll working rules (IR35) apply.
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
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
Rights to paid time off for union reps, shop stewards, health and safety or learning reps or other union officials
Find out what employment types have different rules for entitlement to Statutory Paternity Pay.
Wage slips must show any deductions and explain them - not everyone has the right to a payslip
Strikes and industrial action - rights and responsibilities for employers, when unions can take action and the effect on employees' pay and working records
Find out how to set up salary sacrifice arrangements and calculate tax and National Insurance contributions on them if you're an employer.
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...
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
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.
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.
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
Employees working for one employer without a break, employments rights for continuous services, breaks that do not affect continuous service
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Working effectively with trade unions; collective bargaining and agreements, informing and consulting, union subs, the check off, political funds, union reps
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