Employment

Child Documents

Adoption Leave and Adoption Pay: Since April 2003, adoptive parents have had the right to take Adoption Leave.
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/gu/employment/adoption-leave-and-adoption-pay/
Discrimination at work: Equal pay, race and sex discrimination, and disability discrimination law covers everyone at your place of work.
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/gu/employment/discrimination-at-work/
Disputes at work: Workplace problems may arise from time to time in even the best-run businesses. Reasons vary – you may believe you have not been given your statutory rights at work, or because you feel you have been discriminated against. Whatever the reason its best to talk it through when it happens.
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/gu/employment/disputes-at-work/
Employment contracts: This leaflet tells you what an employment contract is, how it works and what rights you have in relation to your employment contract.
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/gu/employment/employment-contracts/
Flexible working: New family friendly employment law has introduced the right to ask your employer for a change to your working hours, to take Parental Leave, and to take Time Off for Dependants to make arrangements in an emergency for the care of your dependants. The intention is to help parents to balance their childcare responsibilities with work by providing greater choice.
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/gu/employment/flexible-working/
Further help on your employment rights: If you are unable to resolve a dispute at work, do seek specialist advice before you take any action. The organisations listed below will have advisers who are experienced in employment law.
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/gu/employment/further-help-on-your-employment-rights/
Holiday Entitlement and Pay: The Working Time Regulations 1998 provide workers with a statutory minimum right to annual paid leave. This is a minimum framework and employers may offer more generous contractual terms to their employees.
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/gu/employment/holiday-entitlement-and-pay/
Lost your job?: This leaflet tells you what claims you might have against your employer if you have lost your job.
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/gu/employment/lost-your-job/
Maternity pay and Maternity benefits: During maternity leave you may receive Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and/or Contractual Maternity Pay. If you are not eligible for SMP but have been working, you may be eligible for Maternity Allowance or Incapacity Benefit through Jobcentre Plus.
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/gu/employment/maternity-pay-and-maternity-benefits/
Maternity rights at work: Maternity rights protect your employment rights when you are pregnant at work, and during and on your return from maternity leave.
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/gu/employment/maternity-rights-at-work/
Paternity Leave and Paternity Pay: Since April 2003, fathers have the right to take Paternity Leave. Parental Leave applies equally to mothers and fathers and is available up to the child’s fifth birthday.
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/gu/employment/paternity-leave-and-paternity-pay/
Pay: This leaflet tells you about an employee or worker’s rights to be paid in their job, how much they should be getting and how to enforce these rights.
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/gu/employment/pay/
Pay and wages: Most workers must be paid at least the NMW. From 1 October 2003, the NMW for workers aged 22 and over is £4.50. For 18–21 year olds and some older workers undergoing training in the first 6 months of their job, the NMW is £3.80.
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/gu/employment/pay-and-wages/
Terms and conditions of employment: Employment law is made up of: Statutory rights (the legal minimum), and contractual rights (particular terms and conditions agreed between employers and their workers).
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/gu/employment/terms-and-conditions-of-employment/