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Work – What You Need to Know (Leaflet 360)

What young workers need to know about their employment rights.



Download: Work – What You Need to Know (Leaflet 360)

Date Posted: 16 April 2012

 

 

 

 

Sections include:

  • Protection at work
  • The National Minimum Wage
  • Working Time, Breaks and Holidays
  • Sunday Working
  • Part-time Workers
  • Terms of Employment
  • Parents and Carers
  • The problems: What young people put up with at work
  • The solutions: What Usdaw can do to help

Trade Union Rights

Trade Unions support and protect their members at work. Everyone has the right to:

  • Join a Trade Union.
  • Take advice from their Trade Union.
  • Be active in their Trade Union.
  • Be accompanied by their Trade Union Representative to a disciplinary or grievance hearing.

Usdaw - helping you at work

Usdaw is on your side, we are here to:

  • Stand up for your rights at work.
  • Represent members who have a problem at work.
  • Negotiate with employers to protect and improve terms and conditions of employment, including pay.
  • Provide our members with free legal cover.
  • Ensure you are treated with respect and dignity at work.

For more information on your rights at work, visit www.usdaw.org.uk/youngworkers or contact your local Usdaw office for help and advice. 0845 6060640 (calls charged at local rate).

Join Usdaw today

The best way to protect and improve your rights at work is to join Usdaw. See join rates for more information.

You can join online or by phoning your local Usdaw office.

Work - What You Need to Know (Leaflet 360) was correct at date of publication April 2012.