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Guidance on employment status for HR advisers, and to help individuals and businesses understand which employment rights apply to them.
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
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy
Employers might monitor workers, but if the monitoring involves taking data, images or drug testing they have to do this in a way that's legal and fair
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Dismissal is when your employer ends your employment - reasons you can be dismissed, unfair and constructive dismissal and what to do if you're dismissed
Get help and advice on employment rights - telephone, opening hours, website
What you can expect from your employer and what your responsibilities are as an employee. What to do if you think you are being treated unfairly at work.
When employers move, employees with mobility clauses, what happens with redundancies, compensation, disputes and company takeovers
Getting a work reference from an employer either while in work or when applying for a new job – and what you can do if you think it's unfair.
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
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.
This instrument capitalises on opportunities for improvements in the employment rights space.
Includes types of worker, employee rights, overtime and changes to contracts
Rights for interns and students in the workplace; work experience; work placements; rights to the National Minimum Wage.
As an agency worker, you have certain rights when using temp, recruitment agencies or employment agencies to find work - pay, holidays, equal treatment, fees.
Rights of employees when accepting conditional and unconditional job offers and about breach of contract
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