Employment Rights
Changing shift patterns - what are your rights?
Louise Paull of Lawbite explains employment rights for shift workers. read more
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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Maternity & Parental Leave
Do I have to pay back maternity pay?
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Employment Rights
Pro rata bank holidays: Ask the expert
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Employment Rights
Employment tribunals: what are the costs of a claim?
If you win a case in the employment tribunal, you may be awarded money to compensate you for your employer’s actions. But fighting a case will... read more
Employment Rights
Changing shift patterns: your rights
Shift working has been increasing with the advent of extended hours of service seven days a week. Shift work can be a boon to parents, offering... read more
Employment Rights
Agency workers’ employment rights
Agency workers are those whose work contract is with an agency, including a temporary or recruitment agency or a modelling agency. From day one,... read more
Career Advice
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Childcare
Review of the year: part one
2019 was a busy year on the working mums front. Here we chart the main reports, events and announcements from January to April. read more
Employment Rights
TUC survey shows big support for enhancing employment rights
Voters who swung from Labour to Conservative want to see greater employment rights after Brexit, according to a TUC poll. read more
Employment Rights
Bank holidays rights at xmas
workingmums.co.uk usually gets a lot of requests for advice at this time of year about bank holiday entitlement, particularly from part-time workers.... read more
Employment Rights
2019 year in review – The top legal changes of this year
2019 was another turbulent year with a lot of activity in politics, but not much time for passing legislation. Karen Holden has a digest of the main... read more
Childcare
Laura Pidcock outlines Labour’s family friendly policies
In the second of our election interviews with the main political parties about their policies for working families, workingmums.co.uk and... read more
Employment Rights
Should zero hours contracts be banned?
Two of the main parties in the election mention policies on zero hours contracts, from a right to request fixed hours to an outright ban. What do... read more
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Tax Credits & Benefits
Minimum wage to rise by 6.2% in April
The minimum wage is to rise by four times the rate of inflation from April for those aged over 21. read more
Work Life Balance
Review of 2019 – part 3
In the final part of our review of the year, we chart events, reports and announcements made about issues relating to working families from September... read more
Childcare
Working families review of 2019 – part 2
As 2019 draws to an end, we look back at the main developments for working families in the second third of the year. read more
Career Progression
Report highlights impact of labour market changes in 2010s
A new report from the RSA highlights labour market changes in the last decade and looks at possible trends for the future, including which jobs might... read more
Work Life Balance
In-between years
It's that in-between time of the year when time seems to stand still as you prepare for whatever is coming next. read more
Childcare
Review of the year: part one
2019 was a busy year on the working mums front. Here we chart the main reports, events and announcements from January to April. read more
Work Life Balance
Is career coaching becoming a form of therapy?
As work life issues rise in prominence, how is this affecting the work career coaches do? Micheal Deane speculates. read more
Childcare
What’s in a Whatsapp group?
School Whatsapp groups often exclude dads. There's still a lot to do to counter assumptions that women are the main care givers. read more
Employment Rights
TUC survey shows big support for enhancing employment rights
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Flexible Working
Top 10 tips to make remote working work
Rachel McElroy from Solutionize Global gives her suggestions on how employers and employees can get the best out of remote working. read more
Work Life Balance
workingmums.co.uk guide to Christmas
It's the last stretch til Christmas. workingmums.co.uk has some suggestions to get you through the next week. read more
Flexible Working
In favour of part-time working
Full-time working is on the rise for a variety of reasons, including low wages and economic uncertainty, but the case for part-time options,... read more
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