General Article Employment rights

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What are employment rights?

By law, all employees have certain rights – drawn up by various governments over the years – to ensure ‘fair’ relations between employees and employers.

Statutory rights, those rights endowed by law, form the minimum standard for an employee’s treatment in the workplace.

Areas of employment rights

Some of the most prominent employment rights that exist in the UK, include the following:

National Living Wage

All employees in the United Kingdom aged over 23 are entitl...

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