Guidance

How much paid holiday am I entitled to, and how does it build up?

Working out how much paid holiday you're owed shouldn't feel like guesswork. This guide breaks down the rules for full-time, part-time, and irregular-hours workers, so you can check your own figures with confidence.

Your right to request flexible working

Thinking about asking for different hours, times, or working from home? Here's what the law requires from your employer, and what to do if they get it wrong.

Voluntary redundancy: what to know before you volunteer

Volunteering for redundancy can feel like taking back some control. Understand what you're actually agreeing to before you volunteer, including what it doesn't cover.

Redundancy and family leave: your right to be offered a suitable role first

If your role is being made redundant while you're on maternity, adoption, shared parental, neonatal care, or bereaved partner's paternity leave, you may have a stronger right than you think: first refusal on any suitable alternative role, ahead of everyone else at risk.

Collective redundancy consultation: what your employer has to do if 20+ people are affected

If your employer is planning redundancies across a whole team or site, the law gives your employer extra duties on top of the usual individual redundancy process. Whether those duties were actually followed can make a real difference to what you're owed.

Redundancy pay: how much you’re owed and how it’s calculated

Losing your job to redundancy is unsettling even when you can see it coming. Knowing exactly what you're owed is one thing you can get a grip on straight away.

Can you be dismissed during your probation period? What the law actually says

Being on probation feels precarious, but the law behind it is narrower than most people assume, and there's a clear answer if your employer never confirmed you'd passed.

Employee, worker, or self-employed? Why the label on your contract isn’t the final word

Guaranteed hours: what changes under the Employment Rights Act 2025

Agency worker rights: equal treatment after 12 weeks

Zero-hours contracts: your rights, and the ban on exclusivity clauses

Being made redundant: what your employer has to get right

Redundancy is not something your employer can do however they like. Here is what the law requires before, during, and after the process.