Employees have extensive rights under the law, much of which has been introduced with recent legislation.
Your rights and privileges include:
You also have other rights at the workplace under the Human Rights Act 1998.
Every worker in the UK is now entitled to four weeks paid holiday per annum (These are as per your normal working week so, if you work part-time for 10 hours per week you are entitled to four weeks holiday per annum paid at your normal remuneration of 10 hours per week.)
If you are female and have time off work to have a baby, you have a right to paid leave and the right to return to work within a given time period and to resume your job on the same terms and conditions.
Both parents of young children up to the age of 5 are entitled to unpaid leave of up to 8 weeks per annum.
All workers have statutory protection from discrimination on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, religion, race or disability.
Provided you are not in breach of your employment contract you cannot be terminated from your job without being properly compensated, provided you have at least one year’s continual service.
If you think that any of your rights as an employee or worker are being threatened or usurped please contact us.
For further information please contact Jon Dunkley.