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| Benefits | Race Discrimination and employment | |
| Every year millions of pounds worth of benefit remains unclaimed. If you are unable to work because of your accident or illness, then this document will tell you what you're entitled to. » Open PDF File |
People are discriminated against in all walks of life because of the race to which they belong and this discrimination continues despite the fact that it is unlawful. This booklet is only concerned with race discrimination in employment. It is intended as a guide to alert workers and their union representatives to their rights if they think they are encountering discrimination based on race. » Open PDF File |
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Road traffict accidents |
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| This guide outlines the steps that need to be taken by anyone seeking compensation following a road traffic accident in the UK. » Open PDF File |
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Claiming Compensation for injuries at work |
Pregnancy and employment |
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| Thompsons solicitors are specialists in the field of workplace injuries and disease, securing more compensation than any other law firm in the UK. We are pioneers in bringing the groundbreaking workplace injury and disease cases. » Open PDF File |
Pregnant women enjoy certain rights at work that give them protection during the period of their pregnancy, as well as during maternity leave. But not everyone - and that includes employers - are clear what those rights are. This leaflet summarises the basic statutory rights that are available to women at work. » Open PDF File |
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Compensation for unfair dismissal |
Pensions: the law |
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| If you’re involved in bringing an unfair dismissal claim, you’ll need to know how your compensation will be worked out by the tribunal, assuming that your claim is successful. This leaflet explains the different factors that the tribunal will take into account when eciding how much you should receive. » Open PDF File |
Pension law is complex. But understanding the basics of the law is extremely important if pension scheme members are to ensure that their rights are protected. Pension fund trustees in particular have a duty to ensure that they understand their duties and how a pension scheme is operated. This leaflet sets out the basics of pensions law, the duties of employers and of trustees and the rights members have under the law. » Open PDF File |
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Dicipline & Grievance , The Right To Be Accompanied |
UNION RECOGNITION Employment Relations Act 1999 |
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Any employee who finds themselves facing the unpleasant experience of disciplinary or grievance procedures now has the right to be accompanied by another person in order to receive advice and support.
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On 27 July 1999 the Employment Relations Act, the Fairness at Work legislation, became law. The Act is the most significant legislative advance for working people and their trade unions for more than 20 years. It shifts the balance of legal rights at the workplace. This leaflet deals with the new legislation on trade union recognition which came into force on 6 June 2000. There are separate leaflets on family friendly rights and trade union and individual rights. » Open PDF File |
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Dispute and Grievance Procedures |
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Smokefree UK
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From 1 October 2004, all employers have to have minimum procedures for resolving grievances and disciplinary problems at work. If they don’t have any procedures, then they have to introduce them.
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By 1 July workplaces, public premises and certain vehicles in England,Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will have to comply with new regulations requiring them to be smoke free.
The Regulations are a health and safety at work measure to protect workers from the health risks of passive smoking. The UK government’s and the Welsh Assembly’s powers to make the regulations comes from the Health Act 2006 which makes provision for the prohibition of smoking in certain premises, public places and vehicles. The Scottish Parliament introduced separate legislation in 2006. » Open PDF File |
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Employment relations act 1999 |
Stress at work |
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| The Employment Relations Act became law on 27 July 1999.
By shifting the balance of legal rights at the workplace, the Act is the most significant legislative advance for working people and their trade unions in more than two decades. This leaflet is intended to summarise the main provisions of the Act on trade unions and individual rights. There are separate Thompsons’ leaflets on recognition and family friendly rights. » Open PDF File |
A TUC survey of safety representatives showed that up to 3 out of 4 safety representatives in local and central government cited stress as a major problem. Research funded by the health & Safety Executive suggests that 1 in 5 workers is “very” or “extremely” stressed as a result of occupational factors. |
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Health and Safety At Work Act 1974 |
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations |
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Health and safety is a trade union issue. Accidents are far less likely to happen in workplaces with active and well trained union safety reps. And that’s a statistical fact.
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New regulations, introduced on 1 December 2003, outlaw discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. They extend to everyone including heterosexuals but lesbian, gay and bisexual people are most likely to make use of the law. » Open PDF File |
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Maternity leave Entitlement |
Unfair Dismissal |
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Rights to maternity and parental leave and rights for part-time workers are contained in the Employment Relations Act 1999, the Maternity and Parental Leave Regulations 1999 and he Parttime workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000. New improved maternity, paternity and adoption rights and the right to apply for flexible working hours are contained within the employment Act 2002 and apply from April 2003.
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Workers are protected under the Employment Rights Act 1996 from being sacked or chosen for redundancy unfairly. All employees are protected from and against unfair dismissal after one year of continuous service. Some dismissals are automatically unfair. This leaflet explains what constitutes unfair dismissal and how to take a claim for it. Other leaflets in the series cover individual and trade union rights in other circumstances. » Open PDF File |
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Time off work for trade union duties and activities
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The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 |
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| The right to time off work for trade union duties and activities allows union members and officials time off work to acquire the skills they need and to work on behalf of their members. This leaflet aims to explain when and how a trade unionist can exercise these rights and what to do if an employer refuses to allow them. » Open PDF File |
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975, makes it unlawful for an individual to be discriminated against in the workplace in relation to selection for a job, training, promotion, work practices, dismissal or any other disadvantage such as sexual harassment.
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