Workplace Guidance

Help and advice for working people.

Topics

Pay, holiday and working hours

Minimum and living wages

Organising and bargaining

Industrial action

Collective bargaining

Union reps

Learning, skills and training

Training rights

Apprenticeships

Higher learning at work

Internships

Health, safety and wellbeing

Bullying, violence and harassment

Asbestos

Wellbeing and stress

Personal protective equipment (PPE)

Risks and how to manage them

Women and health and safety

Safety reps and worker involvement

Compensation

Resources for health and safety reps

Family-friendly work

Time off for sick children and dependents

Flexible working for parents and carers

Equality and discrimination

Gender and women's rights

LGBT+

Dismissal, redundancy and grievance

Constructive dismissal

Unfair dismissal

Grievance procedures

Redundancy

Basic rights and contracts

Understanding your contract

Changes to employment

Transfer of undertakings (TUPE)

Privacy and monitoring

Drug testing in the workplace

Featured content

Enforcing your workplace rights

A guide for unions and their members to the statutory enforcement agencies

Working time, breaks and holidays

This leaflet explains weekly hours limits and night working limits; and your rights to breaks, rest periods and paid holiday.

Leave and Pay for Fathers and Partners

If you are an expectant father or the partner of someone due to give birth or adopt a child, you could be entitled to time off to attend ante-natal appointments plus up to two weeks’ paid paternity leave. This booklet explains your rights and how they work.

Protection from sexual harassment

You are protected from sexual harassment in the workplace by the Equality Act 2010. This booklet describes the offence, its impact and the rights you have to fight back if it happens.

Common
questions

Can I expect to be paid extra for working overtime?

Whether or not you are paid extra – over and above your normal hourly rate – for overtime worked will depend on your contract terms, although you must be paid at least the National Minimum Wage for all the hours your employer required you to work, including overtime, whatever your written contract document says...

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What should I do if I see something unsafe in the workplace?

Since you have a duty of care to yourself and your work colleagues, you should bring the matter to the attention of your employer and your safety representative. Trade union safety representatives have the right to investigate potential hazards and dangerous occurrences at the workplace and to investigate complaints by any employee they represent...

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