Can your agency charge you fees?

Information on fees that an agency can charge for providing agency workers with services including uniforms, transport and accommodation. Explains how this could affect the national minimum wage and what to do if you are affected.

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• Work
• Rights at work

Agency workers and pregnancy

Information about the rights of agency works during pregnancy, including rights to maternity pay and what to do if you are treated unfairly because you are pregnant.

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• Work
• Rights at work

What rights do lodgers have?

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• Housing
• Renting a home
• Student housing
• Students in private rented accommodation

Young people and family

Rights of children and young people on family matters including adoption, getting married and the rights of parents under 16.

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• Family
• Children and young people

Rest breaks at work - overview

Information on rest breaks at work with advice on what to do if your employer won't let you take a rest break.

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• Work
• Rights at work

Agency workers – what you need to know

Information on agency workers, including definitions, what employment rights they have and rights they do not have.

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• Work
• Rights at work

What rights are protected under the Human Rights Act?

Overview and content list for rights are protected under the Human Rights Act.

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• Law and courts
• Civil rights
• Human rights

Check you've got the right amount of holiday pay

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• Work
• Rights at work

Agency workers and health and safety risk assessments when you're pregnant

Information about health and safety risk assessments for pregnant agency workers. Covers what to do if you are unable to continue an assignment and the employer's obligation to find you alternative work.

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• Work
• Rights at work

If you're unhappy about poor service

What to do if you're unhappy with poor service, what your rights are, what to say to the trader, how to get your money back, how to take the complaint further.

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• Consumer