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Statutory Rights 1 2 3 4 Pay - National Minimum Wage T’s & C’s of your job 2 Paid Leave 3 Unpaid Leave 4 Statutory Rights

Statutory Rights cont’d Hours – Maximum 48 hours per week 1 Discrimination – Age Sex Ethnicity Geographical 2 Whistleblowing – Snitches don’t always get stitches 3 Notice for Dismissal 4 Statutory Rights cont’d

Dismissal and Disciplinary Action 1 month entitles you to notice before being dismissed Pregnant/Maternity Leave requires a written explanation Trade Union representative

The Employment contract Part Timers compared to Full Timers Fixed term compared to Permanent 26 weeks entitlement - You have the right to submit a request for flexible working After a year of working for an employer, you will usually gain the following statutory rights: - You should be allowed to take unpaid parental leave If you started your job before  6th April 2012 and you are dismissed by your employer you have the right to receive a written explanation of the reason

Contracts for Employment Entitled within 2 months Employee/Employer agreement Written or Verbal Contracts cannot remove rights Contracts can add rights – 28 days to 30 days Implied terms – Work standards that are standard

The main terms and conditions of employment your name and the name of your employer the date you started working for them your job title your wages and how often they will be paid the hours you work

T’s & C’s of Employment cont’d your entitlement to paid holiday and how much time you may take off the company’s sick leave policy the location of the job and whether you may have to work at more than one site details of any company pension schemes the notice period your employer will give you if you are dismissed, and the amount of notice you must give them if you wish to leave disciplinary, grievance and dismissal procedures

Your pay rights as an employee The current hourly National Minimum Wage is as follows: £6.95 for workers aged 21 or over £5.55 for workers aged from 18 – 20 £4.00 for workers aged from 16 – 17 £3.40 for apprentices who are in the first year of their apprenticeship or aged below 19

Payslip your wages before deductions (gross wages) either a total amount, or an itemised breakdown, of any fixed deductions (i.e. trade union subscriptions), depending on whether you have a 'standing statement of fixed deductions' any variable deductions broken down (for example, tax) net wages amount (total after deductions) method and amount for any part-payment of wage (i.e. itemised amounts of cash payments and balance credited to the employee's bank account)

Payslips cont’d pay rate (by the hour or annually) additional payments i.e. overtime, bonuses or tips, as a total or separately your National Insurance number tax codes

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