Your rights in work

A range of legislation protects your employment rights including leave, pay and hours of work.

An employer has a range of responsibilities and obligations to ensure their employees get certain basic rights under employment law.

Employment equality legisation makes discrimination illegal in a range of employment and employment-related areas.

There are important rules that govern the employment of children and young people.

Part-time workers have certain employment rights under the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001.

If you lose your job you need to find out about the different payments and services for unemployed people.

Summary of the bodies that assist employees to enforce their employment rights.

There are different supports for people with disabilities to help them to find and keep employment.