TUC Links to Employment Rights

In the list below are comprehensive guides and advice on the statutory employment rights that relate to worklife balance. However, these rights set limits on the very least an employer can provide without breaking the law.

Employees may also have contractual rights better than state minimums which provide better cover. These additional rights are gained, in the main, through agreements unions have negotiated with employers.

Unions and employers must work jointly to develop effective, sustainable worklife initiatives and contractual agreements that extend the minimum statutory rights.

TUC

• Working life and family-friendly policies
• Working hours, holidays, breaks and leave
• Flexible working for parents
• Time off for families [pdf]
• Time's up for long hours
• Your rights as a homeworker [pdf]
• Part-time workers
• Right to request flexible working
  
• TUC protect yourself at work guide
• TUC Guide to Equality Law 2011 [pdf]
  

Directgov – information from the UK Government

• Flexible working and work-life balance
• Working time regulations
• Part time work
• Working when pregnant
• Maternity leave
• Parental leave
• Adoption leave and pay
• Time off for dependants (compassionate leave)
• Time off for public duties
• Maternity pay
• Paternity pay
• Age discrimination
• Child care

Department for Business and Regulatory Reform

• Work and families guidance
• Work and Families Act 2006

Tailored interactive guidance on employment rights - Personalised help on employment rights

• Guide on the statutory right to request flexible working
• Interactive guide to discover flexible working patterns
• Guide to establish your maternity, paternity and adoption rights

Businesslink

• Comprehensive guides to working time and time off

ACAS

• Acas working hours advice pages

Equality and Human Rights Commission

• Flexible working: your rights [PDF]
• Family friendly working
• FWorking hours, flexible working and time off
• Part-time workers regulations 
• Parental, paternity and adoption leave
• Gender equality duty

CWU

• Parental rights

PCS

• Work life balance - guide for negotiators

UNISON

• Worklife balance Things you need to know

Usdaw

• Workers rights - a guide for part-time and full-time workers
• Maternity rights

Hazards

• Get a life! - Union tools to ensure your job doesn't take over your life

Labour Research Department (priced publications)

• Law at Work 2011
• Working time regulations - a guide for union reps
• Working parents - a guide to the new rights.
• Work-life balance - a negotiator's guide

Working families

• Several factsheets on work-life balance related employment rights