Employment

  • ACAS

    Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration...

  • Basic Disclosure

    Some forms of employment require a Criminal Conviction Certificate, which will show all convictions held at national level which are not...

  • Bullying

    This occurs when someone tries to intimidate, humiliate or undermine another...

  • Collective Agreement

    An agreement reached through negotiations between a trade union and an...

  • Compromise Agreement

    This is an agreement which is entered into by an employee and employer, preventing an employee’s right to a claim against their...

  • Confidentiality agreement

    An agreement made to protect confidential information in case it needs to be disclosed to another...

  • Constructive Dismissal

    When an employee is forced to resign because of an employer's...

  • Contract Of Service

    A contract under which a person agrees to consider themselves an...

  • Contract for Service

    A contract with a person who is...

  • DDA

    Disability Discrimination...

  • Direct Discrimination

    This is where an employee or prospective employee is less favourably treated because of their race, sex, marital status, religion, sexual orientation or gender...

  • Disciplinary Procedure

    There is a statutory disciplinary procedure which must be followed by all employers and...

  • Discrimination

    Less favourable treatment of one or more members of a specified...

  • EPA

    Equal Pay...

  • Effective Date of Termination

    This is the date on which an employee's notice of dismissal...

  • Employers' Liability

    A claim for personal injury arising from injuries sustained as a result of employment...

  • Employment Appeal Tribunal

    This court deals with appeals from Employment...

  • Employment Tribunal

    Initial court which hears employment law disputes (previously known as Industrial...

  • Enhanced Disclosure

    Some forms of employment require an Enhanced Criminal Record Certificate, which includes information from local police records on minor convictions, cautions and non-conviction...

  • Gangmaster

    A gangmaster is someone or some organisation which supplies workers to the agricultural and food-processing...

  • Genuine Occupational Requirement

    This is useful in cases where an employer would otherwise be seen to be discriminatingb (such as an actress needing to be a...

  • Grievance Procedure

    This is the procedure under which an employee dissatisfied with a disciplinary decision can apply to a higher...

  • Gross Misconduct

    An act by an employee which allows their employer to dismiss them...

  • Harassment

    Unwanted conduct which offends someone's dignity at...

  • Indirect Discrimination

    This is where the effect of certain requirements, conditions or practices imposed by an employer has an adverse impact disproportionally on a certain...
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