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Employees working for one employer without a break, employments rights for continuous services, breaks that do not affect continuous service
Rights of employees when accepting conditional and unconditional job offers and about breach of contract
Find out if you're eligible for a State Pension from a European Economic Area country or Switzerland.
When to tell a potential employer, university, college or insurance company about a criminal record, when it becomes 'spent' and what shows up on a DBS check.
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
Joining a union and getting recognition for collective bargaining and agreements - legal rules about membership, union reps and your rights
What an employee needs to do when they resign from a job: how to give notice, notice period, payment arrangements, gardening leave, restrictive covenants
Your Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim and eligibility
Grievances and disciplinary action at work can be solved by informal discussions, formal procedures, mediation, conciliation or arbitration.
Where you can work, your rights, healthcare, tax and National Insurance payments.
Personal data an employer can keep about an employee, and employee rights to see this information under data protection rules
When employers move, employees with mobility clauses, what happens with redundancies, compensation, disputes and company takeovers
Employees can raise a grievance at work when an informal solution is not possible - grievance procedure, mediation, meetings, appeals
Rights for interns and students in the workplace; work experience; work placements; rights to the National Minimum Wage.
The rules for working on Sundays, opt in, opt out arrangements, rules for shop and betting shop workers
Disciplinary procedures your employer has at work - disciplinary hearings, appeals, suspension, dismissal and help and advice
Accommodation provided by an employer can affect the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage: offset rates, accommodation charges.
How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
Guidance for people of State Pension age living outside the UK who have been asked to return a Life Certificate.
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