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The article is based on information from the Citizens Advice Bureau, a reputable organization offering free, confidential, and impartial advice on legal, financial, housing, employment issues, and more.

With a team of experts, the bureau empowers individuals to make informed decisions and access resources to address challenges effectively, promoting social justice, equality, and positive change in communities.

• Check your employment status

• Check the terms of your employment contract

• Check if your employer can make changes to your contract

Pay

• If your employer hasn’t paid you what they owe you

• Getting paid less than minimum wage or living wage

• Getting paid when you leave a job

• Getting paid if your employer goes out of business or disappears

• Check what tips and service charges you're entitled to

Sick pay

• Check if you can get sick pay

• How to get sick pay

• If your employer refuses to pay you sick pay

• Getting money after your sick pay runs out

• Getting sick pay when you're pregnant

Working hours and rest breaks

• Check if you're working more than the 48-hour limit

• If you're working too many hours

• Taking rest breaks at work

• Check your rights at work if you're under 18

• Working on bank holidays

• Check if you have to work on Sundays

Time off work

• Check if you can take time off work

• Coronavirus - if you need to be off work to care for someone

Holidays and holiday pay

• Check if you're entitled to paid holidays

• Taking your paid holiday

• If you can't take your holiday because you're ill

• Check you've got the right amount of holiday pay

• Working on bank holidays

Maternity and parental rights

• Check your maternity and parental rights

Negotiating with your employer

• Talking to your employer about a problem

• Using early conciliation

• Making a settlement agreement with your employer

Grievance meetings

• Dealing with grievances at work

• Letter to raise a grievance at work

• Complaint about a problem at work – grievance letter checklist

Disciplinary meetings

• Dealing with disciplinary action at work

• Preparing for a disciplinary or dismissal meeting

• If you have to go to a disciplinary meeting

• Who can accompany you to a disciplinary meeting

• Appealing against a disciplinary decision

Dismissal

• Check your rights if you're dismissed

Redundancy

• Check your rights if you're made redundant

Resigning

• Resigning from your job

• Check your notice period when resigning

• If your employer says you've resigned

After leaving your job

• Getting a job reference

• Getting paid when you leave a job

• If your employer says you owe them money

• If your employer says you can't work for a competitor

• Solving property disputes when you leave a job

Employment tribunals

• Taking your employer to a tribunal

Discrimination at work

• Dealing with discrimination at work

Agency workers

• Check if you're an agency worker

• Check your rights as an agency worker

• Check if your agency is paying you the right amount

• Check your parental rights as an agency worker

• If your agency stops giving you work or treats you unfairly

Flexible working

• Applying for flexible working

• If your employer refuses your flexible working request

Right to work in the UK

• Check if you have the right to work in the UK

• Proving your right to work in the UK

Safety at work

• Coronavirus - if you're worried about working

• If you’re injured because of an accident at work

Children

• Check your rights at work if you're under 18

Detriment

• If you’re treated badly after using your employment rights

Getting a job

• If your job offer is withdrawn

Get help

• Get help with a problem at work