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Employment Rights

What are your rights if your employer changes your shift pattern? What about redundancy? This section offers expert answers to readers questions on employment rights. It will also update you on the latest employment news and legislation.

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Employment Rights

How does the Supreme Court ruling on term-time holiday affect me?

I’m confused by the Supreme Court ruling around annual leave. In my job I do not have the right to take annual leave. Instead the payment for that... read more

Employment Rights

Employer not allowing reduced hours after hospitalisation for pregnancy sickness

I have been working as a pastry chef for my current employer since last summer. I recently suffered a miscarriage and had a week off work. I am... read more

Employment Rights

Internal secondment coming to an end: what are my rights?

I have been on an internal secondment within my organisation for three and a half year. Originally it was for one year, but it was extended as a... read more

Employment Rights

Am I being pushed out because I’m part time and work from home?

On reducing my working hours after maternity leave last November the deal agreed with my boss was that I could continue to work from home as I live a... read more

Employment Rights

Is my contract not being renewed because of maternity leave and pregnancy?

I am currently on unpaid maternity leave which is due to end soon and my contract is up for renewal the month after. By then I will have been an... read more

Employment Rights

Promised a certain salary, then find it has been pro rata’d

I’ve been working for a company on a freelance basis for a few months. They decided they wanted to make me a permanent member of staff and add me to... read more

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Holiday rights after maternity leave

My return date in July after Maternity Allowance follows 52 weeks of maternity leave. My company runs holidays from March to April, and they have told... read more

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Can I be forced to work full time if my daughter is mentally unwell?

I worked part time when my daughter was born in 2007 and then went full time when she started school. Five years ago she became mentally unwell and we... read more

Maternity Discrimination: Advice & Support

When your rights have been breached
What is discrimination?
Settlement agreements
Redundancy on maternity leave

When your rights have been breached

What can you do if your rights have been breached upon your return to work from maternity leave?

We have teamed up with Monaco Solicitors to create a series of videos to give you some advice about the steps you can take.

For the full video click here.

Useful templates:

Seek legal help with Monaco Solicitors – click here.
Letter Template – Indirect Sex Discrimination
Letter Template – Grievance: Made redundant whilst on maternity leave
Letter template – Grievance: Flexible working discrimination

What is discrimination?

What is counted as maternity discrimination?

In this video we take a look at what constitutes maternity discrimination – and when you might have a case against your employers.

For the full video click here.

For more in depth information about discrimination and how it applies to employment law, click here.

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Settlement agreements

How can you negotiate a settlement agreement?

When you feel you have been discriminated against it can take a lot of time and energy to fight it up to tribunal stage. You could try to negotiate a settlement agreement first, so that you are compensated for your treatment.

Monaco solicitors offer some advice about how, and when you should go about this.

For more in depth advice about settlement agreements click here

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Redundancy on maternity leave

Can you legally be made redundant on maternity leave?

What are your employment rights in the UK?

Experts at Monaco Solicitors answer this question in the video. You can also find some useful information about maternity discrimination and letter templates for your use in the links below.

Click here for the full maternity discrimination video.

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