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Rights At Work
The Centre's employment rights unit offers a free and confidential service, providing expert and experienced staff to:
- Provide information and advice on your employment rights.
- Act as companion or representive (where your employer agrees) at internal hearings and appeals.
- Investigate, explore and advise on appropiate course of action.
- Negotiate, when and if appropriate, with your employer and if your employer agrees.
- Act as your representative in any ACAS organised conciliation.
- Prepare and represent your case at an employment tribunial.
NB. This service is provided for those people who are not represented by any other body. The centre recommends that all working people should be members of an appropriate trade union.
Your Rights In Law
As a worker you have a considerable number of rights in law.
If you have no other representation the centre can advise on these rights wheather you are seeking employment, are in employment or have been dismissed or made redundant.
At your first appointment we aim to:-
- Give your a confidential interview with a training advisor.
- Identify your problem and advise on your rights and how to resolve it, if possible.
- Tell you why we cannot resolve it or act on your behalf, if that is the case.
If we act on your behalf, we will:-
- Discuss and agree with you the course of action to be followed.
- Involve you at every step and continually advise in your best interest as progress take place.
How We Can Help
Following are just some of the areas covered by employment legislation where your may need information, advice or our help.
- Contract of employment
- Continuous service
- Continuity and calculation of pay
- Guaranteed payments
- Minimum wage
- Working time
- Vacation
- Redundancy
- Unfair dismissal
- Maternity leave
- Paternity leave
- Parental leave
- Health and safety
- Anti-discrimination
- Transfer of undertaking
- Insolvency of an employer
- Part time workers rights
- Fixed term workkers rights
- Entitlement to tribunal and time limits
- A companion at discipline and grievance hearings
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