www.employmentlaws.co.uk – Information about employment laws in the UK

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The law has given employees – and in many cases other workers who might not count as employees – rights and entitlements in relation to how they are disciplined and dismissed, how their grievances are handled, wages, absence from work and sickness, holidays, work breaks and working hours, time off for family emergencies, maternity and paternity leave, the right to apply for flexible working, redundancy and retirement.

All workers have the right not to be discriminated against in relation to their gender or orientation, race, age, disabilities, or religion and beliefs.

Staff who feel they have been denied their rights have redress by taking their employers to an Employment Tribunal. The chances of this happening have increased three-fold for employers in the past decade or so.

New statistics released by the Tribunals Service show a year on year increase in claims of more than 42 per cent during 2007-08.

In unfair dismissal cases employers can be ordered to pay compensation of more than £76,000. In discrimination cases compensation awards are theoretically unlimited, and six-figure payouts are not uncommon.

This site is maintained as a free resource for employers and employees.

Help for employees

If you work for someone else: Find out about your employment law rights.

Help for employers

If other people work for you: Find out about your employment law obligations.

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