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Welcome to yourjobrights.co.uk
- the complete guide to your rights as an employee.
The
site was last updated in May 2008.
The site aims to give you a plain English guide to your rights at work. It may not answer all your questions - if you need
further assistance please ring our telephone help line, details are given above.
For
a modest, fixed charge an Employment
Specialist will call you back for as long as it takes to resolve your problem!
We pay for the call too.
For
more information on the telephone service go to our Advice Line
page.
Latest
News
Your
telephone help line has new, extended hours. You can now ring
on Sundays between 9.00 and 12.00 noon and speak to a qualified
advisor. Go to "advice line" for contact times and
details of fixed price offer.
New Holiday Rights, October 2007
The Government has increased the minimum paid holiday entitlement from 20 days to 24 days. This can include Bank holidays, but eventually the aim is that every employee will be entitled to at least 20 days personal holiday in addition to the usual 8 Public holidays. The second increase, to 28 days per year, will now take place in April 2009. This covers nearly everyone, but not the self-employed effectively.
Minimum Wage Increases
From October 2007 the minimum wage rates increased to the following levels:
- £5.52 for Adult workers (22 and over)
- £4.60 for those ages 18 to 21
- £3.40 under 18 buit over school leaving age
New Maternity Rights
From 1 April 2007 a new range of family friendly rights came into force. For more detail see the "Family Rights" section above. In summary the new rights include:
- 12 months maternity leave for all pregnant employees
- increased statutory maternity, adoption and paternity payments - up to £112.75 per week
- longer paid maternity and adoption leave - from 26 to 39 weeks
For a quick breakdown of the new laws on Age, look at the Discrimination Rights section now by clicking above.
July 2007
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Smoking is now banned in all substantially enclosed public places in England. This of course includes most workplaces, including your company vehicle (where someone else may also use it.) If you want to smoke in a company vehicle it will have to be a convertible with the roof down! For more on this and a range of other rights go to the "your other rights" section by clicking above.
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May 2007 |
Pregnant? Congratulations! New Maternity and "family friendly" rightsare now in force. If your baby is due to arrive on or after 1st April 2007, you benefit from new rights.Go to the "your family rights" section from the link above. The rights include longer paid maternity leave and higher payments.
It does not matter when the baby actually arrives, you benefit based on the due date of birth not the actual arrival date!
Also from April, improved rights came in for "carers", who wll have the legal right to request changes to their working hours and times
There is now a guide on what to do if being bullied at work. This is included in the "Your other rights" section and you can find it by clicking above.
The first claims are also starting to appear based on Age, Religion and Religious belief, from employees who feel they have been unfairly treated. |
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