Employment advice
The Directgov website has information on starting a new job,
employment contracts and conditions, work and families,
discrimination at work, redundancy and leaving your job, pay,
working hours and time off, health and safety at work, resolving
workplace disputes, and trade unions.
Directgov
- Find out about employment rights in the UK.
Health and safety
Anyone employing people must comply with health and safety law,
notify the enforcing authority (the council or the Health and
Safety Executive) and provide health and safety information to
their employees.
Health and Safety
Executive - Responsible for health and safety regulation
in Great Britain.
Working Time regulations
Advice about the Working Time Regulations is available from
the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) or the ACAS
website.
Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI) - Working to create the conditions for business
success and help the UK respond to the challenge of
globalisation.
ACAS - Advisory,
Conciliation and Arbitration Service. Aims to improve organisations
and working life through better employment relations.
Employing disabled people and the Disability Discrimination
Act
Information about employing disabled people, and the Disability
Discrimination Act 1995 is available from the Equality Direct
website or the Disability Rights Commission.
Equality Direct -
Designed to give business managers easy access to authoritative and
joined-up advice on a wide range of equality issues.
Disability Rights
Commission - Want a society where all disabled people can
participate fully as equal citizens.
Greater Manchester Homework Development Project
The Homework Development Project offers support and guidance to
homeworkers and seekers of homework on:
- Welfare benefits
- Employment rights
- National minimum wage
- Holiday pay
- Sick pay
- Self employment
- Child care
- Homeworking scams .
We will make home visits on request. Our homeworking officers
speak Urdu and Punjabi as well as English.
Employment Links Partnership (ELP)
Linking local people with local jobs
Employment Links aims to support local business recruitment and
training needs. We will work in partnership with you, the
employment, service providers, training organisations and local
residents to make the links.
Employment Links Partnership can help:
- If you want to find a job or a better one
- If you want to return to education or improve your skills
- if you are an employer and are looking for employees.