Contracts & status
Am I an employee, worker or self-employed?
"Freelance" is not a legal status. How you work determines your rights to minimum pay, holiday, sick pay and protection from unfair dismissal.
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Health & safety
Mental health and safety at work: employer duties
Work-related stress is a safety risk your employer must assess and address. A wellbeing app cannot replace action on workload or bullying.
Contracts & status
Who owns intellectual property created at work?
Your employer may own work you create for the job. That does not give them your every idea, your future skills or the right to silence a protected disclosure.
Discrimination & equality
Equality audits: what must employers measure?
Your employer may not have to run a general equality audit. Find out which figures it must report, what they miss, and how to raise a concern today.
Specific work situations
Working abroad for a UK employer: which rules apply?
A UK contract does not settle your rights abroad. Employment law, tax and social security each have their own test. Here is how to work out your position.
Pay & benefits
Employer National Insurance and payroll basics
Employer National Insurance must not come out of your agreed gross wage. Here is how to check your deductions, spot missing pay and challenge payroll errors.
Health & safety
Health and safety for home and hybrid workers
Working at your kitchen table does not make safety your bill to pay. Your employer must assess the risks and act on them.
Compliance & enforcement
Employee data protection: what are my rights?
Your employer holds your health records, messages and monitoring data. Ask for your information, challenge misuse and keep the deadlines in view.
Discrimination & equality
Are freelancers protected from discrimination?
A self-employed label does not let a firm discriminate against you. Your protection depends on the working relationship and, for supplied workers, the contracts behind it.
Health & safety
Does an employer owe contractors safety duties?
Being hired through an agency or paid against an invoice does not erase the client's safety duties. Here is who owes you protection, and how to act when they fail.
Compliance & enforcement
Employment law compliance checklist for small employers
Your employer's size does not shrink your rights. Check the pay, paperwork, leave and safety duties they owe you, and what to do when something is missing.
Contracts & status
Part-time worker rights: pay, holiday and pensions
Fewer hours do not mean fewer rights. Check your pay, holiday and pension, then take the first step to challenge unfair treatment before a deadline runs out.