Employment

Employment

 

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Jobseekers

• Help and advice when applying for a job
• Jobcentre Plus programmes and services
• Looking for work
• More about jobseeking

Work and families (parents section)

• Pregnancy and maternity rights
• Paternity rights in the workplace
• Parental leave and flexible working
• Adoption rights in the workplace

 

 

Starting a new job

• Pre-employment checks
• References and job offers
• Criminal record checks: an introduction
• Applying for a criminal records check

Redundancy and leaving your job

• Redundancy
• Resigning or retiring
• Dismissals

 

 

Employment terms and conditions

• Pay
• The National Minimum Wage
• Time off and holidays
• More about employment terms and conditions

Problems at work

• Grievance procedures
• Disciplinary procedures
• Employment Tribunals
• More about problems at work

 

 

Understanding your work status

• Agency workers and employment agencies
• Agricultural workers
• Migrant workers
• More about your work status

Employee information and consultation

• Employee information and consultation rights
• New information and consultation arrangements
• Types of information and consultation arrangements
• Information and consultation in multinational companies

 

 

Trade unions

• Trade union membership
• Trade unions in the workplace
• Industrial action

Health and safety at work

• Employers' health and safety responsibilities
• Employees' health and safety responsibilities
• Workplace stress
• More about health and safety at work

 

 

 

See also...

• Work and careers (young people section)
• Employment support (disabled people section)
• Carers and employment (caring for someone section)
• Training and work-based learning (education and learning section)

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/index.htm