EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION

INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES: A GUIDE FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES  (PL716 Rev 10)
 

Contents

	Preface
	QUALIFYING CONDITIONS, CONTRACTS AND WRITTEN STATEMENTS
	The contract
	Written statement of employment particulars
	Continuity and calculation of payments
	Entitlement and time limits
	PAY
	National Minimum Wage
	Itemised pay statement
	Unlawful deductions from wages
	Guarantee payments
	Redundancy pay
	Insolvency of the employer
	DISMISSAL AND NOTICE PERIODS
	Written reasons for dismissal
	Notice of termination
	Unfair dismissal
	Fair dismissal
	PARENTAL LEGISLATION
	Maternity rights
	Time off for antenatal care
	Ordinary maternity leave
	Additional maternity leave
	Statutory maternity pay
	Maternity allowance
	Dismissal or detriment in connection with pregnancy
	Maternity suspension
	Parental leave
	Paternity leave
	Statutory Paternity Pay (birth and adoption)
	Adoption leave
	Statutory adoption pay
	Right to apply to work flexibly and the duty on employers to consider requests seriously
	OTHER TIME OFF
	Time off for dependants
	Time off work for public duties
	Time off work for trade union duties and activities
	Time off for safety representatives
	Time off for occupational pensions scheme trustees and directors of trustee companies
	Time off for employee representatives
	Time off for activities relating to the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999
	Time off for study or training
	Time off for job hunting or to arrange training when facing redundancy
	ANTI-DISCRIMINATION
	Sex and race
	Equal pay
	Disability
	OTHER STATUTORY EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS
	Asserting a statutory employment right
	Trade union membership and activities and non-membership of a union
	Taking action on health and safety grounds
	Suspension from work on medical grounds
	Transfer of a business or undertaking
	Sunday shop and betting work
	Working time
	Protected disclosures
	Disciplinary and grievance hearings
	Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000
	Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002
	Rehabilitation of offenders
	COMPLAINTS AND REMEDIES
	Settling a dispute
	The Acas Arbitration Scheme
	Making a complaint to an employment tribunal
	Pre-hearing review
	Tribunal hearing
	Time limits
	Remedies
	Costs
	Breach of contract claim
	Employer's counter-claim
	Further information
	Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas)
	Acas publications
	Redundancy payments offices

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Last updated 23 July 2003