Your Rights at Work

Author: A TUC Guide
ISBN: 0749441135
Binding: Paperback
Dimensions: 216x135mm
Pages: 242
Publication Date: December 2003
Publisher: Kogan Page

Price: £9.99

Brief...

Description

Employee rights have improved thanks to new laws such as the working time regulations, the national minimum wage and new rights for parents. Most employers exceed these minimum standards, but things can go wrong in even the best-run workplaces. Stress, bullying and long hours are on the increase.
This practical guide, written by employment experts at the TUC, has been fully updated and expanded to include information on gains in employment law, pensions and new issues such as e-mail privacy. Your Rights at Work offers comprehensive, jargon-free advice for both union and non-union members. It covers sensitive issues such as:

• parental leave and maternity rights;
• discrimination and bullying;
• workplace monitoring;
• dismissal and redundancy;
• pay and holiday rights;
• employment tribunals.

Problems at work can usually be solved without involving the law, but it helps if you know your legal rights and your employer’s responsibilities. Your Rights at Work will bring you up to date with the latest legal developments. Everyone at work should have this unique guide.

Foreword
Introduction

Starting a job
Applying for and getting a job; Other rights at work; Your rights timetable and how to use it

Payday
Deductions from wages; Sick pay rights; The National Minimum Wage; tax credits

Working time rights
Exemptions from Working Time Regulations; Happy holidays!; The 48-hour working week; Night working; Rights for under 18s

Families and work
Maternity leave; Paternity leave; Adoption leave; Parental leave; Flexible working rights for parents; Time off for dependants

Common problems at work
Health and safety; Stress at work; Other problems at work; Disciplinary procedures; Grievance procedures

Discriminiation
Sex and race discrimination; Equal pay; Disability; Sexual orientation; Part-time work

Getting the sack
Dismissal; Redundancy

Enforcing your rights
Employment Tribunals and the courts; Alternatives to tribunals and courts; Sources of advice and representation

Occupational pensions
Pension basics; Employer-provided pensions; Joining an occupational pension scheme; Leaving a salary-related scheme; How are occupational pension schemes run?; Contracted out schemes; How much money does a pension fund need?; Changing a pension scheme; Closing pension funds; Pensions, takeovers and contracting out; If something goes wrong with your pension scheme; Your rights to information

Further Information

Jargon-buster
Index
Index of advertisers

Review

Knowing one's rights is very important today. Companies are very restrictive these days. One foot wrong and you might be on the road.

Every person wants a stability in their work relation as this also affects their family life. Loss of employment can be very bad for mental and physical stability / health.

Monitoring of employees is a growing cause for industrial disputes as this can affect relations between employee and employeer or B2B contract work.

The difficulty in todays technology is that is so easy to get and install that employers themselves often cross the legal line without knowing it. Hence young employeers without experinced HR personnel shoud get this book and take it into consideration when ideas pop up. Better avoid unnecessary conflicts.

Do I know my legal rights to maternity leave, holoday pay and other topics? You are new to the UK work force? then you should also get this excellent book.

Clearly written and easy to follow.

TUC sticks to the facts and lays out a user-friendly guide to the world of work. It is very comprehensive, and will be useful for most eventualities at work.

Nevertheless, we recommend employed people to take up a legal insurance covering employment disputes.