Contracts of employment and working hours |
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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. |
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