Employment Legislation - Website Links 

For guidance regarding specific employee relations queries, members should contact the Employee Relations Department on 0207 313 4852.  Members can also access the Employment Guide.

The following websites contain useful information on each subject area listed:

Recruitment

•  Recruitment and Induction, ACAS advisory booklet - http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=892
•  Age Diversity at Work - www.agepositive.gov.uk
•  Employment & Occupation disability discrimination - www.drc-gb.org/thelaw/practice.asp
•  Racial Discrimination and the Promotion of - www.cre.gov.uk/gdpract/employ.html
•  Sex Discrimination: Equal opportunity policies, procedures and practices in employment -  www.eoc.org.uk

Contracts of employment

• Example form of written statement - www.dti.gov.uk/employment/employment-legislation/employment-rights/index.html
• Producing a Written Statement - http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=817

Changing contracts of employment

• Changing Patterns of Work, ACAS Advisory booklet - http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=627

Family rights

• Flexible Working: The right to request and the duty to consider - www.dti.gov.uk/er/flexible.htm
• Maternity Rights: A guide for employers and employees - www.dti.gov.uk/er/flexible.htm
• Working Fathers: Rights to paternity leave and pay -   www.dti.gov.uk/er/flexible.htm

Working time

• Jury Service - www.courtservice.gov.uk
• Part-time Workers: The law and best practice - www.dti.gov.uk
• Working Time Regulations 1998 - www.hsebooks.co.uk

Pensions

• A Guide to Your Pension Options - www.pensionguide.gov.uk

Managing performance

• Absence Management - http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1206
• Statutory Sick Pay - www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk

Handling discipline and grievances

• Disciplinary and grievance procedures - http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=820
• Drugs Misuse at Work - www.hsebooks.co.uk

Redundancy, lay-off and short time working

• Handling Redundancies - http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=747

Union members

• Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities - http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1176