Brief description of
matters
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| Employment Contracts: |
| A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements. |
| Contract types and employer responsibilities: |
| Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers. |
| Employment status: |
| Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace. |
| Continuous employment: |
| Employees working for one employer without a break, employments rights for continuous services, breaks that don't affect continuous service. |
| Fixed-term employment contracts: |
| Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended. |
| Flexible working: |
| Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal. |
| Employers: preventing discrimination: |
| Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in the workplace - sex discrimination, disabled workers, older people, compulsory retirement. |
| Maximum weekly working hours: |
| 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. |
| Part-time workers' rights: |
| Part-time workers shouldn't be treated less favourably than full-time workers; employers' responsibilities and what part-time workers can do if they're treated unfairly |
| Overtime: your rights: |
| Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu. |
| Sunday working: |
| The rules for working on Sundays, opt in, opt out arrangements, rules for shop and betting shop workers, special arrangements during the Olympics. |
| Anti-bribery policy: |
| Protect yourself and your business by putting in place an anti-bribery policy for those who work for you and on your behalf. |
| Employer relocation: your rights: |
| When employers move, employees with mobility clauses, what happens with redundancies, compensation, disputes and company takeovers. |
| Night working hours: |
| The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions. |
| Rest breaks at work: |
| Workers' rights to rest breaks at and from work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules. |
| Workplace bullying and harassment: |
| What to do about bullying and harassment at work - the law, action employees can take and advice for employers about their responsibilities. |
