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Equal pay: advice for employees - Asking your employer questions
How to ask your employer questions if you believe they have discriminated against you by not paying equal pay.
Looking backwards and moving forwards: reflections on a career in employment relations
Kate Nowicki reflects on her time at Acas and looks to the future for her and the organisation.
Time off for medical appointments
Advice on taking time off for medical appointments, including giving proof and time off for operations.
Settlement agreements - Discussing and negotiating an offer
Meeting to discuss any financial payment and job reference, and getting legal advice.
Lay-offs and short-time working - How they work
If an employer does not have enough work or has to temporarily shut down, they might be able to consider lay-offs or short-time working.
Paternity leave and pay - Surrogacy
Paternity leave and pay for employees having a child through surrogacy, including checking eligibility and notice.
Statutory flexible working requests - Making a decision
How to consult an employee and make a decision about their statutory flexible working request.
Strikes and industrial action - Strikes
Who can strike, asking workers and telling an employer about striking, and what happens with pay, holidays and leave when on strike.
Early conciliation - How the process works
Find out the stages of early conciliation and what a conciliator does.