Your Rights at Work
On this page:
National Minimum
Wage Health and Safety for
Workers Fire Safety at
Work GLA
This page gives only basic information about your rights at
work. For specific information about what you are entitled to as a
worker in the UK, contact ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and
Arbitration Service) on 08457 47 47 47 or by visiting http://www.acas.org.uk/
You could also log-on to the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Advice
Guide website at
AdviceGuide, or visit your local CAB. CAB offices can be found
in each of the main towns in Worcestershire.
- Worcester: 01905 611371
- Malvern: 01684 563611
- Kidderminster: 01562 823953
- Bromsgrove: 01527 831480
- Redditch: 0844 415 2221
- Droitwich: 01905 795225
- Evesham: 01386 443737
Advice is free and confidential.
The
National Minimum Wage
All workers in the UK are entitled to receive the national
minimum wage (NMW) for the work that they do.
There are three levels of minimum wage, and the rates from 1
October 2008 are:
- £5.73 per hour for workers aged 22 years and older
- A development rate of £4.77 per hour for workers aged 18-21
inclusive
- £3.53 per hour for all workers under the age of 18, who are no
longer of compulsory school age
Health and
Safety for Workers
If you are working in the UK, both you and your employer have
rights and responsibilities with regards to health and safety.
These are the same whether you are full-time or part-time, and
whether your job is temporary, casual or permanent.
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is a government
organisation that works to protect the health, safety and welfare
of workers by enforcing health and safety law and offering advice
and support. The document below, produced by the HSE, sets out what
you should expect when you work in the UK, and where to get advice
if you are concerned about health and safety:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse27.pdf
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has developed a website
to help overseas workers and their employers understand their roles
and responsibilities under British health and safety law. It
provides essential information and advice on workplace health and
safety which is useful to both employers and employees.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/migrantworkers/index.htm
Fire Safety at Work
Your employer has a legal duty to ensure that all people are
safe in the workplace. If you are concerned that where you are
working may not be safe in the event of fire, then please telephone
the Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service on 0845 12
24454 and ask to speak to a Fire Safety Officer, or e-mail info@hwfire.org.uk. You can
speak to us confidentially and you do not have to leave your
name.
Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service
Headquarters
2 Kings Court,
Charles Hastings Way,
Worcester.
WR5 1JR
Tel: 0845 12 24454
http://www.hwfire.org.uk/
GLA
The GLA is an organisation set up to protect workers from
exploitation. Please note that the GLA only operates within
the following sectors:
- Agriculture which includes forestry and horticulture;
- Shellfish gathering;
- Food and Drink processing and packaging.
http://www.gla.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1013184
