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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
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.
You cannot work more than 48 hours a week on average - normally averaged…
Average working hours are calculated over a ‘reference’ period, normally…
You can choose to work more than 48 hours a week on average if you’re over…
Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
Flexible working is a way of working that suits an employee’s needs, for…
There are different ways of working flexibly. Job sharing Two people do…
Employees can apply for flexible working from their first day in a job.…
Employers must consider flexible working requests in a ‘reasonable…
Employees no longer have a statutory right to an appeal but may still be…
The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Information about the Civil Service job share finder, and other resources for staff interested in working as a partner in a job share.
Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job
As a public sector employer, you must report and publish information on facility time for your employees who are trade union representatives.
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
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
Find out what steps you need to take before you calculate how much you can claim for furloughed and flexibly furloughed employees.
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
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Calculate how much you have to pay your furloughed employees for hours on furlough and how much you can claim back.
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