FULL CONTENTS
Chapter 1 – Types of employment relationship
Employees and workers
Employee or self-employed?
Chapter 2 – Pre-employment
Recruitment and selection
Offer and appointment
Right to work
Chapter 3 – Starting employment
Induction
Probation
Chapter 4 – Continuity of employment
Employment with same employer
Change of employer
Calculating period of continuous employment
Qualifying periods
Chapter 5 – Employment contract, variation and breach
Formation
Terms
Information to be provided in writing
Staff handbook
Varying terms and conditions
Breach of contract
Chapter 6 – Flexible working
Working at home
Part-time workers
Fixed-term contracts
Agency workers
Chapter 7 – Directors
Chapter 8 – Assignments
Prerequisites for assignment
Assignment abroad
Chapter 9 – Company information
Intellectual property rights
Confidential information and confidentiality
Restraints and restrictive covenants
Whistleblowing
Chapter 10 – Remuneration
Pay
Tax
Pensions
Chapter 11 – Time on
Working time
Sunday trading
Chapter 12 – Time off
Time off during working hours
Annual leave
Chapter 13 – Sickness, injury and absence
Statutory sick pay
Occupational sick pay
Permanent health insurance
Management of sickness
Chapter 14 – Rights of parents and carers
Maternity rights
Adoption rights
Paternity rights
Parental leave
Right to request flexible working
Time off to care for dependants
Remedies
Chapter 15 – Health and safety
Duties
Means of protection
Specific issues
Remedies and enforcement
Chapter 16 – Equality at work
Discrimination
Equal pay
Enforcement and remedies
Best practice
Chapter 17 – Data protection and privacy
Data protection
Monitoring and surveillance
Email and internet issues
Right to privacy
Chapter 18 – Training and performance
Training
Evaluation, guidelines and benchmarking
Chapter 19 – Discipline and grievance
Discipline
Grievance procedures
Right to be accompanied
Chapter 20 – Payroll and NIC
PAYE
NIC in relation to employment
Chapter 21 – Trade unions, collective bargaining and industrial action
Trade unions
Recognition and derecognition
Collective bargaining
Strikes and other industrial action
Individual rights
Chapter 22 – Information and consultation in the workplace
Domestic information and consultation
European works councils
Chapter 23 – Lay-off and short-time working
Guarantee payments
Redundancy payments
Chapter 24 – Transfer of businesses and undertakings
Which transfer are covered?
Effect
Information and consultation obligations
Chapter 25 – Ending employment
Termination of employment
Unfair dismissal
Redundancy
Employee rights on insolvency
Chapter 26 – Handling disputes and alternative resolution
Handling potential litigious disputes
Resolving employment disputes
Chapter 27 – Employment claims
Jurisdiction and time limits
Tribunal claims
Claims in the civil courts
Appendix
Model statement of particulars
Model contract of employment for general staff
Main social benefits
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