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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
Your employer can ask you to stay at home or take unpaid leave if there’s…
Rate and length of statutory lay-off pay You’re entitled to guarantee pay…
You could apply for redundancy and claim redundancy pay if you’ve been…
You can take on another job while you’re laid off or on short-time (unless…
The rights of agricultural and farm workers - including pay rates, agricultural minimum wage, overtime, holiday leave, rest breaks, help and advice
Agricultural workers in Wales, and those employed in England before 1…
An agricultural worker is someone who works in: farming and rearing…
Agricultural workers in England must be paid at least the National Minimum…
The minimum wage and other rights and entitlements for agricultural…
If an agricultural worker gets a self-contained home as part of their job…
An individual or business that provides workers for agricultural work is…
From 1 October 2013, the terms and conditions changed for agricultural and…
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
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.
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
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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