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Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
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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
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Overview
Workers over 18 are usually entitled to 3 types of break - rest breaks at…
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Taking breaks
Employers can say when employees take rest breaks during work time as long…
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Compensatory rest
Workers may be entitled to ‘compensatory rest’ if they don’t have the…
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Exceptions
Workers aren’t entitled to the 3 general types of rest break if they work…
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Young workers
Young workers (above school leaving age and under 18) are usually entitled…
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Disputes
Workers who can’t take or aren’t allowed rest breaks should speak to their…
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What the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) is, work covered by the scheme and find out whether you should register as a contractor or subcontractor.
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Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
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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.
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A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
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Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
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What to do about bullying and harassment at work - the law, action employees can take and advice for employers about their responsibilities
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The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions
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What you have to do under the Construction Industry Scheme if you're a contractor - registering, filing returns, paying subcontractors and keeping records.
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Employees working for one employer without a break, employments rights for continuous services, breaks that do not affect continuous service
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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
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Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
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How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract
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When employers move, employees with mobility clauses, what happens with redundancies, compensation, disputes and company takeovers
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Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
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The rules for working on Sundays, opt in, opt out arrangements, rules for shop and betting shop workers
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Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
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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 I…
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Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination