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Rights during employment

This section contains information about the rights that employees may have during their employment.

It includes information on:

  • family rights - maternity rights, paternity, adoption and parental leave and flexible working
  • rights to pay and avoiding pay discrimination
  • the national minimum wage
  • pensions
  • working time - the working time regulations, holiday and employees' rights to time off.

Family rights

This section contains information about maternity rights, maternity leave, paternity leave, adoption leave, parental leave, dealing with flexible working requests and employees' rights to time off for dependants.

Pay

This section covers the law and good practice on pay including contractual rights, pay discrimination and deductions from pay.

Pension rights

This section outlines the various types of pension schemes and pension benefits that are available and the legal and taxation  frameworks within which they operate.

Working time

This section deals with working time, holidays and related legal issues.