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"Working in hospitality can be really insecure. You can be especially vulnerable if you don’t know your rights. That’s why I joined a union - they’ve got your back."
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Basic Rights at Work
Issue date
21 Jul 2011
a) Types of Work
Part time workers
Fixed Term workers
Agency workers
b) Employment Status
c) Your Basic Rights
Health and Safety
Protection from discrimination
National Minimum Wage
Deductions from pay
Paid annual leave
Working Time
Right to join a trade union
Right to be accompanied
d) Enforcing your workplace rights
e) An introduction to the enforcement agencies - videos
Pay and Work Rights Helpline
HMRC National Minimum Wage enforcement team
Gangmasters Licensing Authority
Employment Agencies Standards Inspectorate
Health and Safety Executive - enforcing working time
f) Join a union
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