Hours & leave
Unpaid leave: when can you take it?
Unpaid parental leave and time off for emergencies are legal rights. Extra holiday and career breaks usually need agreement. The reason for your absence decides which rules apply.
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Discipline & termination
What makes a disciplinary procedure fair? Acas Code explained
A serious allegation is no reason to decide first and ask questions later. You have rights at each stage, and skipping the process can cost an employer.
Discrimination & equality
Age discrimination at work: your UK rights
"Too young to lead" and "too old to learn" can both break the law. Know when age differences are lawful, how to challenge a decision and which tribunal deadline applies.
Hours & leave
Do I have a right to disconnect after work?
Your shift has ended. Save the message, log any work it demands, and check your rest, hours and pay. There is no general UK right to disconnect.
Contracts & status
Zero-hours contracts: rights and reforms explained
What you can claim now, what depends on employee status, and why the promised guaranteed-hours offer is not yet a right.
Compliance & enforcement
Spent convictions: what must you disclose to an employer?
A spent conviction need not follow you into an ordinary shop, warehouse or kitchen job. Care work and other excepted roles have different rules. Check before you disclose.
Discrimination & equality
Can an employer collect equality data?
Your employer can ask about ethnicity, religion, disability or sexuality, but an equality form is not permission to use the answers against you. You can usually decline.
Compliance & enforcement
What does the Equality and Human Rights Commission do?
Discrimination at work? Protect your tribunal deadline first. The EHRC can push an employer to change, but cannot win your compensation claim for you.
Contracts & status
TUPE: what happens to my contract in a business transfer?
If your job transfers under TUPE, your contract usually goes with it. Keep your payslips and rota, ask both employers what is changing, and get advice before signing a cut.
Pay & benefits
Statutory Sick Pay: A Guide for UK Employers and Employees
Your first full sick day can qualify for SSP. Tell your employer today, keep a record and check the amount, because the right on paper is not always paid.
Hours & leave
Can I request flexible working? UK rules explained
In Great Britain, you can ask to change your hours, working times or workplace from day one. The right to ask is not a right to get the pattern you want.
Hours & leave
Shared parental leave: who qualifies and how it works
You can take turns at home or be off together. Here is who qualifies, what you can share and what to check before ending maternity or adoption leave.