Your Basic Rights at Work
Your Basic Rights at Work – Over the past couple of years, the law has given employees increased rights. Some rights, such as the right to not be discriminated against,...
Discrimination
Discrimination – You have the right not to be discriminated against on the grounds of race, sex, religious or other beliefs, sexual orientation, or disability at any stage of your...
Claiming Welfare Benefits
Claiming Welfare Benefits – The fact that you’re employed and working doesn’t mean that you aren’t entitled to any welfare benefits from the government. Some of the benefits you’re entitled...
Health and Safety
Your employer has a duty to look after your health, safety, and welfare at work, which means providing a safe place to work where hazards have been identified and removed,...
Dismissal from Work
Dismissal from Work – Dismissal is when your employer brings your employment contract to an end, thereby terminating your job with them. In order to do this, they must follow...
Employment Tribunal Hearings
Employment Tribunal Hearings are independent bodies able to make a ruling on workplace issues which have not been satisfactorily settled through the formal procedures your employer has in place. If...
Paying into a pension
Paying into a pension – Your employer must offer you an occupational pension; pay a contribution worth the equivalent of 3 per cent of your salary into your personal pension,...
Paying Tax, National Insurance, and Other Deductions
Your employer has to deduct earnings tax and national insurance from your pay and hand it over to the Authorities, whether or not you like it or not we all...
Working hard for the money
Working hard for the money – You might have accountability to work for your cash; to do the job to the perfect of your abilities; to make use of the...
Putting in the hours
Putting in the hours – The principles concerning the variety of hours most employees work come from the European Working Time Directive. Other than junior doctors who won’t come absolutely...