Health & safety
Workplace emergencies: fire and evacuation plans
Your employer must make sure you can get out safely, on every shift. Check your route today, and know what to do if danger is ignored.
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Health & safety
Does workplace design have to be accessible?
A till you cannot stand at or stairs you cannot climb can be a legal barrier to work. What your employer must change, who pays, and how to challenge a refusal.
Pay & benefits
When can an employer change my pay?
Your employer usually needs your agreement to cut contractual pay. Minimum wage, discrimination and deduction rules still apply, even if you agree.
Health & safety
Air quality and allergens at work: your rights
You should not have to trade your breathing for a wage. Here is what your employer must do about stale air, dust and fumes, and how to press for action.
Health & safety
Outdoor workers: health and safety duties
No thermometer reading automatically stops outdoor work. Your employer still has to control the danger, and you have rights if you are punished for protecting yourself.
Discrimination & equality
Are veterans protected from workplace discrimination?
Being ex-forces is not a protected characteristic. Disability law, ordinary dismissal rights and separate reservist protections may still give you a claim.
Discrimination & equality
LGBTQ+ discrimination at work: your rights explained
You have the right to work without homophobic or transphobic treatment. Write down what happened today, save the evidence and check the deadline before your next shift.
Health & safety
Co-working spaces: who is responsible for safety?
A shared office does not mean shared excuses. Your employer still owes you care, and the operator must deal with the risks it controls.
Health & safety
Workplace wellness programmes: what rights apply?
A breathing app cannot fix an unsafe rota. Here is what your employer owes you, what sick pay actually covers, and how to challenge work that harms your health.
Health & safety
Is psychological safety a legal right?
An unsafe rota, racist abuse or punishment for speaking up needs more than a wellbeing policy. Here are the duties you can use and the deadlines you must not miss.
Discrimination & equality
Religious discrimination at work: rights and requests
A rota, uniform rule or refused holiday can discriminate even when it applies to everyone. We explain when your employer must reconsider and how to challenge a refusal.
Discrimination & equality
Pregnancy discrimination at work: your rights
Pregnancy must not cost you a job offer, a promotion or your place at work. Your rights depend on the reason for the treatment, not how long you have worked there.