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Absence (sickness) Absence - managing sickness More
Contract of Employment Contract of Employment usually means a contract of service (or apprenticeship), and may be oral or in writing More
Contracts of Apprenticeship Holiday Entitlement In the final stages of the consultation process on increasing minimum holiday entitlement the government now proposes (contrary to their earlier recommendations) More
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) Redeployment procedures need to be adjusted to accommodate the requirements of the DDA. More
Disciplinary Procedures (See also “Contract of Employment”). The detail of how the procedures for the resolution of employment disputes operate in practice is set out in the Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) More
Disciplinary procedures after 6 April 2009 On 6 April 2009, the statutory dismissal and disciplinary procedures (SDDPs) were repealed in England, Scotland and Wales (but not in Northern Ireland) More
Discrimination The main areas of discrimination that are likely to affect employers are sex and disability More
Dismissal It is automatically unfair for an employer to contemplate the dismissal of an employee without completing the relevant statutory procedures set out in the Employment Act 2002 More
Employee Handbook The Employee (or Company) Handbook should contain all of the terms and conditions of work, company policies, working rules, and employees rights, that the employee either has to convey to employees by More
Employment Law Timetable National Minimum Wage rises, centralised vetting system for people working with children and vulnerable adults & Social Security and Statutory Sick Pay Amendment Regulations 2010 will come into force More
Employment Law timetable so far this year (2009) Changes to annual holiday entitlement, weekly rates for maternity,paternity & adoption pay, statutory sick pay and right to request flexible working (ages of children extended) More
Employment of Children and Young Persons A child is someone who is not over the compulsory school leaving age (s.58 Education Act 1944). School leaving age means: More
Employment Tribunals Employment Tribunals (formerly ‘Industrial Tribunals’) were first established by the Industrial Training Act 1964, and were set up throughout England, Wales and Scotland as a type of court suitable More
Equal Pay The Equal Pay Act 1970 applies to both men and women, there is no specific right under the Act for a person to claim equal pay More
Flexible working To have the statutory right to make a flexible working request, an employee has to meet certain criteria - although there's no reason why you can't consider requests from employees without the right More
Grievance Procedure All employers and employees are required, in the event of a workplace dispute, to follow a statutory grievance procedure More
Harassment The laws relating to harassment are the Sex Discrimination Act, the Race Relations Act, and the Disability Discrimination Acts More
Home workers The TUC defines a home-worker as being “any person doing work in the home for another person”. More
Immigrant Workers The maximum an employer can be fined is £5000 for each person employed illegally. More
Job Description The job description can be considered part of the contract of employment. This is likely to be the case if it is issued as part of the employee’s terms and conditions of employment. More
Lay-Offs An employer could be guilty of unfair dismissal if he unilaterally suspends the contract of employment of an employee because of lack of work by purporting to lay them off. More
Maternity Rights The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999, came into force in December 1999, together with the provisions of the Employment Rights Act 1996 as amended by the Employment Relations Act 1999 More
Medical Reports When there has been a prolonged absence from work or a continuing pattern of intermittent sick absence, the terms and conditions of employment should allow for employers to refer employees for medical More
Parental leave and time off for dependants When parental leave can be taken and for how long More
Part time Employment For employment protection purposes, dependant on continuity of employment, a part-time worker whose relations with his or her employer are governed by a contract of employment has the same statutory More
Personnel Records Employers will need to consider a number of matters when setting up and maintaining a personnel records system, including the following: - More
Pornography on company computers Business managers could face hefty fines, prison sentences, and even be placed on the sex offenders register under new laws covering pornographic images downloaded onto computers More
Public and Bank Holidays Dr Louise Tarbuck was employed as a business analyst and IT project manager for Sainsbury’s. In June 2003, whilst absent from work suffering from ulcerative colitis and depression, she was told she More
Redundancy Redundancy is, in effect, dismissal. An employee will be deemed to have been dismissed for “Redundancy” if the dismissal is wholly or mainly due to the fact that: - More
Sexual harassment by clients New sex discrimination laws which tighten the rules when it comes to protecting staff from sexual harassment will present a real challenge for employers, a legal expert has warned More
The Working Time Directive The UK's opt-out of the Working Time Directive remains in place, for now, after talks in Brussels broke up without agreement More
Time off to deal with emergencies involving dependants All employees have the right to a reasonable amount of unpaid time off to deal with an emergency involving a dependant More
Victimisation A form of discrimination can occur if, under the Act (s.4(1) SDA), the person concerned is victimised (e.g. for asserting rights). More

British Employment Law

Absence (sickness)

Contract of Employment

Contracts of Apprenticeship

Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA)

Disciplinary Procedures

Disciplinary procedures after 6 April 2009

Discrimination

Dismissal

Employee Handbook

Employment Law Timetable

Employment Law timetable so far this year (2009)

Employment of Children and Young Persons

Employment Tribunals

Equal Pay

Flexible working

Grievance Procedure

Harassment

Home workers

Immigrant Workers

Job Description

Lay-Offs

Maternity Rights

Medical Reports

Parental leave and time off for dependants

Part time Employment

Personnel Records

Pornography on company computers

Public and Bank Holidays

Redundancy

Sexual harassment by clients

The Working Time Directive

Time off to deal with emergencies involving dependants

Victimisation