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.