'Casual worker' isn't a fixed legal category — your actual rights depend on whether you're an employee, worker, or genuinely self-employed. Here's how to work out your status and what it means for pay and protection.
Fixed-term employees have almost the same statutory rights as permanent staff, plus specific protections against less favourable treatment and against repeated renewals. Here's the full picture for 2026.
Since April 2024, flexible working is a day-one right in the UK — with 2 requests allowed per year and a 2-month employer response window. Here's exactly how the process works in 2026.
Called for jury service? Here's how the loss of earnings allowance works, who can claim, how to submit a claim to HMCTS, and what your employer is (and isn't) obliged to do.
Part-time workers must not be treated less favourably than comparable full-time colleagues — pay, holiday, and benefits are all worked out pro rata by hours. Here's how the rules work in practice.
A probationary period doesn't strip away your basic statutory rights — minimum wage, holiday, and protection from discrimination all apply from day one, even though unfair dismissal protection takes longer.
Employees on maternity leave (and now extended protected periods) get priority over other employees for suitable alternative vacancies during redundancy. Here's how the protection works and what a breach looks like.
When several employees do similar work, redundancy selection must use a fair pool and objective, scored criteria. Here's how the process works and what makes a selection unfair.
A UK settlement agreement is only legally binding if the employee gets independent legal advice — and the employer usually pays a tax-free contribution towards it. Here's how the exemption works.
Statutory redundancy pay isn't a flat rate per year of service — it uses an age-banded multiplier that pays more for years worked over 41. Here's exactly how the calculation works.
The statutory redundancy pay cap limits both the weekly pay used in the calculation and the effective maximum payout. Here's exactly why higher earners are affected and when enhanced schemes fill the gap.
TUPE automatically transfers employees, their terms and conditions, and their continuous service to a new employer when a business or service contract changes hands. Here's how it protects you.
