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Adam Parkins

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Listed, are the aspects of employement which are covered by law; Hours worked, minimum wage, discrimination, redundancy and dismissal, health and safety, training, holiday entitlements, union rights and consultation, disciplinary procedures and many others. Health and safety laws cover the work condition, minimum wage and other laws set basic compensation levels.
There is also the Disability Act, Manual Handling Operations and Regulations, Data Protection Act, The Medicine Act, General Social Care Council code 2001, RIDDOR 1995.
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The main features of current employment legislation cover three areas. Employment rights, equalities and discrimination law and also health and safety legislation. this legislation is there to protect me when I am at work.
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Legislation relating to employment exists to stop employers exploiting their workers. Things like Hours of work, minimum wage, holiday entitlements, maternity leave, redundancy payments, age requirements etc are all things which are in place to protect employees from exploitation by their employers.
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If an employee needs advice and information on employment responsibilities and rights they could go to the UK Government web page at www.gov.uk. Here they could find a lot of information on discrimination issues, health and safety, basic rights, bullying in the workplace etc. Also they could find information on any of these in their own employment contract.
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The information shown on my own pay statement is, my full name and address, date of pay, tax code, national insurance number, basic pay, expenses, holiday pay, deductions and net pay.

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In the event of a grievance the company should have clear guideline set to follow, Normally starts with a formal letter to your employer explaining the details of your grievance, This should then lead to a private meeting with your employer to discuss the matter face to face. furthermore the company should give you the option to appeal against

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