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Jury service
Jury service is a public duty.
Minimum Wage
The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 created a minimum wage across the UK.
The hourly rate for the minimum wage depends on your age and whether you’re an apprentice and it changes every 1 April.
Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP)
From April 2023 Statutory Shared Parental Pay will paid at £172.48 per week or 90% of average weekly earnings (AWE), whichever is lower.
Describing the job
A job description should be an outline of the purpose of the job, its main tasks and duties as well as more general information such as health and safety responsibilities.
Volunteers
A volunteer is not an employee or a worker and does not have an employment contract.
Maternity Leave
The law sets out the legal minimum leave entitlements for mothers.
Agreements between employers and employees may provide for better arrangements than the statutory minimum.
Unfair dismissal claim
There are several ways a dismissal could be considered unfair.
Resignation and termination of employment
A contract of employment may be ended with the agreement of both parties, or by the employer or employee giving the required amount of notice.
Piece worker
Piece workers are paid for the work that they produce rather than the number of hours worked.