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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 regulates the relationship between employers and employees. It governs what employers can expect from employees, what employers can ask employees to do, and employees’ rights at work.
On these employment law topic pages below you’ll find information on the development of employment law, new and amended statutes and statutory rates, as well as 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.
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Employment law topics
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
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Terms and conditions of employment
Guidance on the legal issues surrounding the terms and conditions of employment
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Holiday entitlement and pay
Guidance on the employment legislation governing holiday entitlement and holiday pay
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Health and safety
Understand UK laws on health, safety and stress at work, including employers' obligations
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Maternity and parental rights
Guidance on maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave and pay
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Disability discrimination
Guidance on preventing disability discrimination in the workplace
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Religion and belief discrimination
Guidance on addressing religion and belief discrimination in the workplace
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Sexual orientation discrimination
Resources to help employers address sexual orientation discrimination at work
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Bullying and harassment at work
Good-practice recommendations and guidance on bullying and harassment in the workplace
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Discipline and grievance
Understand the procedures needed to deal with difficulties in the workplace and employment relationship
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Dismissal
Information on how employers can avoid problems when dismissing people, covering the termination of contract, unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and constructive dismissal
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Transfer of undertakings (TUPE)
Guidance on the law protecting employees when a business changes owner