On this page you will find the most
frequently asked questions concerning health & safety, contractual issues,
maternity rights and other work-related matters.
Please click on a category below or scroll down the
page to browse through the questions.
Health and Safety
What Are The Maximum And
Minimum Temperatures For Working?
What Rest Breaks Am I Entitled To?
What Facilities And Time Off Is A Safety Representative
Entitled To?
Am I Entitled To Have An Eye Test For VDU Work?
What Are The Weight Lifting Limits For Males And
Females?
What Is The Law On Toilets And Washing Facilities?
Can My Employer Charge Me For Personal Protective
Equipment Such As Safety Shoes?
I Think That There Is Asbestos In My Workplace.
What Should I Do?
Maternity &
Parental Rights
Can I Take Maternity
Leave?
Can I Get Maternity Pay?
Am I Protected From Dismissal Or Detriment
During Maternity?
Can I Return To My Job After Maternity Leave
With All My Service Rights?
Am I Entitled To Ante-Natal Care And/Or Health
And Safety Protection?
Can I Take Time Off To Look After A Dependant?
What Rights Do I Have to Parental Leave?
Can I Take Paid
Adoption Leave?
Can I Take Paid Paternity
Leave?
Can I Take Paid Paternity
Leave If I Adopt A Child?
Can I Request Flexible Working?
Redundancy
How Do I Qualify For
A Redundancy Payment?
How Much Notice Do I Get On Redundancy And
Do I Have To Work It?
Once I Am Redundant Am I Entitled To Benefits?
Who Pays My Redundancy Pay If My Employer Becomes
Insolvent?
How Much Am I Entitled To When I Am Made Redundant?
Contracts And Pay
Am I Entitled To A
Written Contract of Employment?
Can My Employer Change My Contract?
How Long Can An Employer Keep Me On A Temporary
Contract?
Am I Entitled To A Pay Slip?
Is My Employer Allowed To Make Deductions
From My Pay?
Is Everyone Entitled To Paid Holidays?
Am I Entitled to Bank Holidays?
What Are My Rights As A Part-Time Employee?
Sick Pay
Am I Entitled To Be
Paid While Off Sick From Work?
How Much Sick Pay Am I Entitled To?
Discipline And Dismissal
Can I Be Represented
In A Disciplinary Hearing?
Am I Entitled To Receive Warnings Before I
am Dismissed?
Can I Be Sacked For Refusing To Carry Out
An Instruction?
How Much Notice Must Be Given To End My Employment?
How Long Must I Work Before I Can Complain
Of Unfair Dismissal?
Union Rights
Why Can’t We
Just Stop Work Or Walk Out In Protest Like We Once Did?
Can My Employer Stop Me Joining A Trade Union?
Do Shop Stewards And Safety Representatives
Get Time Off For Training?
Can My Union Represent Me In A Grievance
Or Disciplinary Hearing?
GMB Contributions
& Benefits
What Benefits Am I
Entitled To For My 5p Per Week Contribution?
When Do I Become Entitled To The Financial
Benefits Of The Union?
What Do I Get For My 15p Per Week Sickness
Contribution?
Who Is Covered By The Sickness Benefit Fund?
How Much Is Accident Benefit And How Long Do
You Get It?
If The Union Wins My Claim For Compensation
Against My Employer, Will The Union Take A Percentage For Costs?
Do I Have To Pay Full Contributions While The
Union is Pursuing A Claim For Me Even If I Am Unemployed?
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