What are my rights
at work?
Map your facts before you assume what you can claim.
UK workers are protected by a range of employment rights. Which apply depends on your status, service length and situation — map your facts before you assume what you can claim.
UK employment law protects workers from issues such as unfair dismissal, unpaid wages and discrimination. Not everyone is entitled to every right.
Landscape
Rights fall into clusters
Thinking in clusters beats memorising Acts. Start from what happened; then see which clusters the facts touch.
Timing
Day-one vs qualifying rights
Often day one
Pay · disc.
Wages, discrimination, whistleblowing detriment
Often needs service
UD · redun.
Ordinary unfair dismissal & some redundancy routes
Often day one: Wages, discrimination, whistleblowing detriment. Often needs service: Ordinary unfair dismissal & some redundancy routes.
Thinking in clusters beats memorising Acts. Start from what happened; then see which clusters the facts touch.
Often day one
Pay · disc.
Wages, discrimination, whistleblowing detriment
Often needs service
UD · redun.
Ordinary unfair dismissal & some redundancy routes
Often day one: Wages, discrimination, whistleblowing detriment. Often needs service: Ordinary unfair dismissal & some redundancy routes.
Illustrative · not national claim volumes
Your rights depend on factors such as your type of employment, how long you have worked there, and how long ago it happened. Some rights apply from day one; others need a qualifying period.
Your rights depend on your employment type, length of service and timing.
Start with the free assessment, see which rights may apply, then check eligibility claim by claim.
Start with your situation — not a statute list
General information for England and Wales — not individual legal advice.