Understand your rights
Everyone has rights at work. This includes basic statutory rights, which apply to all workers in the UK, and contract rights, which depend on your particular arrangement with your employer, and must be at least as strong as your statutory rights. Your basic statutory rights depend on your employment status.
This table provides a quick overview of the basic rights associated with each status. Additional criteria may apply for each individual right, so please see our list of resources below, and get in touch with our team if you think your rights were breached.
| Employment Rights | Employment Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Employee | Worker (zero-hours, casual) |
Self-employed | |
| Protection from discrimination |
check
|
check
|
check
|
| Safe working environment |
check
|
check
|
check
|
| National Minimum Wage or above |
check
|
check
|
|
| Written terms of employment |
check
|
check
|
|
| Itemised payslips |
check
|
check
|
|
| Protection from unlawful deductions of wages |
check
|
check
|
|
| Rest breaks |
check
|
check
|
|
| Paid annual leave |
check
|
check
|
|
| Protection from unfair dismissal (after two years of continuous service) |
check
|
||
| Statutory sick pay |
check
|
for some | |
| Maternity / paternity pay |
check
|
for some | |
| Maternity / paternity leave |
check
|
||
| Redundancy pay (after two years of continuous service) |
check
|
||