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Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Almost all people classed as workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks鈥欌��
For regular-hours workers, employers can use a 鈥榣eave year鈥� or an鈥�
Workers are entitled to a week鈥檚 pay for each week of statutory leave that鈥�
The general notice period for taking leave is at least twice as long as鈥�
During their notice period the worker may be able to take whatever is left鈥�
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
Workers over 18 are usually entitled to 3 types of break - rest breaks at鈥�
Employers can say when employees take rest breaks during work time as long鈥�
Workers may be entitled to 鈥榗ompensatory rest鈥� if they don鈥檛 have the鈥�
Workers aren鈥檛 entitled to the 3 general types of rest break if they work鈥�
Young workers (above school leaving age and under 18) are usually entitled鈥�
Workers who can鈥檛 take or aren鈥檛 allowed rest breaks should speak to their鈥�
What the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) is, work covered by the scheme and find out whether you should register as a contractor or subcontractor.
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.
Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
What to do about bullying and harassment at work - the law, action employees can take and advice for employers about their responsibilities
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions
What you have to do under the Construction Industry Scheme if you're a contractor - registering, filing returns, paying subcontractors and keeping records.
Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
Employees working for one employer without a break, employments rights for continuous services, breaks that do not affect continuous service
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
How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract
When employers move, employees with mobility clauses, what happens with redundancies, compensation, disputes and company takeovers
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
The rules for working on Sundays, opt in, opt out arrangements, rules for shop and betting shop workers
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
The employment status of au pairs, nannies, carers, personal assistants and other people who work in your home - how to tell if they're an employee or not, what happens with the National Minimum Wage, tax and National In鈥�
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