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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
Employers might monitor workers. This could be done in various ways, like:…
Employers have to have consent if they want to test for drugs. Usually…
Employers must explain the amount of monitoring clearly in the staff…
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
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
In employment law a person’s employment status helps determine: their…
A person is generally classed as a ‘worker’ if: they have a contract or…
An employee is someone who works under an employment contract. A person…
An employee shareholder is someone who works under an employment contract…
A person is self-employed if they run their business for themselves and…
Company directors run limited companies on behalf of shareholders.…
A person who’s been appointed to a position by a company or organisation…
A court or employment tribunal (known as an industrial tribunal in…
The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions
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.
The rights of agricultural and farm workers - including pay rates, agricultural minimum wage, overtime, holiday leave, rest breaks, help and advice
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
Includes industrial action and recognising trade unions
RAIB has today released its report into two track workers struck by a wagon being propelled by a rail crane at Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, 15 March 2025.
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