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Workplace safety affects us all. It doesn't matter whether you're an employer or an employee, a self-employed trader or a director of a large company. You might even be a customer who uses a shop, or a client who visits business premises. Despite this, many people don't know their safety rights and responsibilities.We provide everything you need to address your interests and concerns.
April's Most Popular Articles...
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When Your Employer Changes Your Working Hours: For many people working 9 to 5 is just not a reality. Clearly, businesses need to have staff working at relevant times to meet the… [1332 views in Apr]
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Employer Has Changed My Shifts: What Are My Rights?: The Issues The suggestion that an employer may force someone to work nights is certainly worrying. Employers who take this… [464 views in Apr]
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Zero Hours Contracts Explained: What are zero hour contracts? Essentially these are employment contracts with no guaranteed hours. This means that employees are not guaranteed any work… [432 views in Apr]
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Sickness: Your Rights: Whether you love your job or you loathe it, there is every chance that there will come a point when you are not well enough to do it. At the start of any new job,… [414 views in Apr]
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Returning to Work After Absence Due to Anxiety or Depression: Two-thirds of us will suffer from some form of mental illness at some point in our lives and it can be even more… [390 views in Apr]
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Objecting to Changes in an Employment Contract: If your employer wants to make changes to your employment contract such as your pay, your hours, location or holidays, it can be a… [226 views in Apr]
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Latest Comments
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Dan
Re: Employer Has Changed My Shifts: What Are My Rights?
My manager just keeps changing the rota with no notice and expects me to have no life is there…
15 April 2021 -
CVIRUS19
Re: Employing Family and Friends
Who else is doing this stuff for their BTEC BUSINESS course?
15 April 2021 -
Ash
Re: Employer Has Changed My Shifts: What Are My Rights?
Good day I used.to be dayshift worker and have been loved to nights shift due to lack of space. It…
15 April 2021 -
Makerfield1
Re: Cancer: Your Rights as an Employee
I got bowel cancer two years ago had it taken out then it travelled to my lung I had to have a lobe taken out of my lung…
14 April 2021 -
Leigh
Re: Sickness: Your Rights
Hi I was in contact with some who has got covid. I had a test done it came back negative but fron track and trace give me a cover note for…
11 April 2021 -
neet
Re: Taking The 'Bait' At Work: Avoidance Techniques
I am a subject of being 'baited' at work by management. Ignored,not spoken to by management, also when…
10 April 2021 -
Rob
Re: Employer Has Changed My Shifts: What Are My Rights?
My company is trying to make me work days &I work nights the night shift is ending say have no…
8 April 2021 -
Fed up
Re: Where do I Stand in regards to Workplace Law?
I have recently started a job and I am on the tills for 4 1/2 hours standing up I have on going medical…
6 April 2021 -
radkit
Re: Sickness: Your Rights
Hi. I'v been on sick day, from saturday half day. Sunday and monday was My weekend (days off). Tuesday i had holiday. So i'm on self sick…
2 April 2021 -
Debs
Re: Sickness: Your Rights
I became unwell on the Friday the day after my 2nd covid jab. Left work on Friday at 9.20 I don't work weekends. Then Monday morning I…
31 March 2021
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