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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
Includes types of worker, employee rights, overtime and changes to contracts
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
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.
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
As an agency worker, you have certain rights when using temp, recruitment agencies or employment agencies to find work - pay, holidays, equal treatment, fees.
Find out what steps you need to take before you calculate how much you can claim for furloughed and flexibly furloughed employees.
If you pay for childcare while you go to work, Universal Credit can pay some of your childcare costs.
Includes employment status, workers' rights and changes to contracts
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
Employee views on flexible contracts - including zero hours, temporary, freelance and seasonal working.
Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers
An explanation of how holiday entitlement and pay operate during the pandemic, where it differs from the standard holiday entitlement and pay guidance.
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.
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
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