Your rights at work

Understanding your rights is the first step to improving your working conditions – UNISON helps members by providing expert advice and support

Help with employment rights

Our practical articles help you find effective solutions to work issues

Appraisal

How to prepare for a workplace appraisal or respond to the outcome

Changes to employment status

How your status affects your rights and benefits

Dismissal

Advice and representation if you’re facing a dismissal

Suspension

Being suspended from work can be a difficult experience – get help to navigate the process

TUPE and TUPE+

TUPE protects workers, ensuring their terms and conditions stay the same after a change of employer

Lay-offs and short-time working

What to do next if your employer proposes lay-offs or short-time working

Redundancy

What to expect and how to respond if your employer is making redundancies

Resignation

The correct process to follow if you want to resign from your job

Other employment rights issues

Privatisation and shared services

Find out how shared services could affect your job

Artificial Intelligence and your rights

Find out more about the implications of employers introducing AI at work

Two-tier workforce

UNISON is working to reduce unequal pay for workers doing the same job
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