The maximum hours employees can work a week by law, and if they want to opt out of the legal limit.
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Irregular hours and part-year workers - Carrying over holiday
When an irregular hours worker or part-year worker can carry over their holiday.
Changes to your contract - Consulting
Advice for employees and employee representatives on how your employer should consult on employment contract changes.
Changing your employees' contracts - Consulting
When, how and why employers should consult about employment contract changes.
The rebirth of the social partnership
Acas Chief Executive Niall Mackenzie discusses the value of social partnership, the Employment Rights Act and the focus for Acas in 2026
Holiday entitlement - Carrying over holiday
When a worker can carry over their holiday, and how employers can encourage workers to take holiday.
Smarter Resolutions programme: evaluating Workstream 3 (optimised distribution) and Workstream 4 (large group claims)
Evaluation
The Smarter Resolutions programme is comprised of 4 operational workstreams that focus on improving different parts of the early conciliation process.
TUPE - Transferring employees
What terms and conditions of employment transfer with employees in a TUPE transfer.
Changing your employees' contracts - If changes cannot be agreed
Advice for employers if employment contract changes cannot be agreed, including how Acas can help, and advice if considering dismissing and rehiring ('fire and rehire').
Dispute resolution
Acas's services to help workers and employers resolve work disputes. Including conciliation, mediation and arbitration services.