Employment law
A collection of topic pages with resources to help you address employment law issues at work, from recruitment and terms and conditions through to TUPE and redundancy, as well as information on new and amended statutes and statutory rates
Employment law is the area of law regulating the relationship between employers and employees, including what employers can expect from employees, what employers can ask employees to do, and employees’ rights at work.
Here you’ll find information on the development of employment law, new and amended statutes and statutory rates as well as topic pages with resources covering the legal requirements, checks and processes involved in recruitment; the terms and conditions of employment; data protection; holidays, working hours and pay; health and safety regulations; maternity and parental rights; discrimination; discipline, grievance and dismissal procedures; whistleblowing; employment tribunals; TUPE; and redundancy.
About employment law
Access information on recent and forthcoming legislation, statutory rates, as well as resources explaining how employment law is made and the court system
Employment law topics
Recruitment
Employers: learn how to safely recruit within the law
Terms and conditions of employment
Guidance on the legal issues surrounding the terms and conditions of employment
Employees and workers
Information on determining a person’s employment status
Data protection
Information to help employers comply with the Data Protection Act
Holiday entitlement and pay
Guidance on the employment legislation governing holiday entitlement and holiday pay
Working time
Guidance on working time and working time regulations
Health and safety
Understand UK laws on health, safety and stress at work, including employers' obligations
Maternity and parental rights
Guidance on maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave and pay
Sex discrimination
Learn how to prevent - and address - sex discrimination at work
Equal pay
Information on the legislation governing equal pay
Age discrimination
Learn how to address age discrimination at work
Disability discrimination
Guidance on preventing disability discrimination in the workplace
Race discrimination
Resources to help employers address race discrimination at work
Religion and belief discrimination
Guidance on addressing religion and belief discrimination in the workplace
Sexual orientation discrimination
Resources to help employers address sexual orientation discrimination at work
Bullying and harassment
Good-practice recommendations and guidance on bullying and harassment in the workplace
Discipline and grievance
Understand the procedures needed to deal with difficulties in the workplace and employment relationship
Whistleblowing
Guidance on the legal issues surrounding whistleblowing in the workplace
Dismissal
Information on how employers can avoid problems when dismissing people, covering the termination of contract, unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and constructive dismissal
Employment tribunals
Information to help employers deal with employment tribunal claims
Transfer of undertakings (TUPE)
Guidance on the law protecting employees when a business changes owner
Redundancy
Learn how to manage redundancy effectively in the workplace
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