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Check if your dismissal is unfair
Being sacked from your job can come as a huge shock and it often feels unfair. The legal term for being sacked is ‘dismissal’. Your employer is allowed to dismiss people, but if they do it unfairly
Check if you're working more than the 48-hour limit
You might need to calculate how many hours you're working if: you think you're working more than 48 hours a week your employer wants you to work more than 48 hours a week your employer has asked you
If you're thinking of making a claim to an employment tribunal
If you have a problem at work you can’t sort out with your employer, you might have to make a claim to an employment tribunal - for example, if you’ve been unfairly dismissed, discriminated against
Preparing for your employment tribunal hearing
The employment tribunal will hear your case and make a decision at a hearing. This is sometimes called the ‘final’ or ‘substantive’ hearing. The tribunal will decide your case based on the evidence
Rights while you're on maternity leave
You still have many of your usual work rights on maternity leave - but there are some differences. Pay You might be able to get maternity pay or Maternity Allowance while you’re on maternity leave
If you want to end your private tenancy
Check if this advice applies to you This advice will usually apply to you if all the following are true: you have a private landlord you don’t live with your landlord you started renting on or after
Check your employer has followed the right redundancy process
Your employer needs to show they have a redundancy process. They can decide what the process is, but it should always include a meeting with you to talk about: why you’re being made redundant
Maternity leave - what you're entitled to and how to get
You have a right to take up to a year of maternity leave. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve worked for your employer, how much you’re paid or how many hours a week you work. Maternity leave
Check your parental rights at work
When you’re a new parent or you’re expecting a baby you have extra rights at work. You or your partner could be entitled to: maternity rights paternity leave and pay shared parental leave adoption
If you're working too many hours
You might feel you're working too many hours if you're: having mental or physical health problems because of overwork working more than the legal limit of 48 hours a week working more overtime than