Notice periods and ending a job
How much notice you or your employer must give, what changes when a job is cut, and when your last pay is due.
Employment Act 1955
Guides for life events
What the law says when something happens to you, in plain English, with every section it relies on linked.
6 guides about work · Each checked against the official text
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Dismissed without just cause or excuse
How to ask for your job back, the 60-day deadline, who can speak for you, and what happens at the Court.
Industrial Relations Act 1967
When your pay is late or short
When your wages must be paid, what your employer can deduct, and how to claim what you are owed.
Employment Act 1955
Working hours, overtime and rest days
The limits on your working day and week, how overtime is counted and paid, and your rest days and public holidays.
Employment Act 1955
Annual, sick, maternity and paternity leave
How much paid leave you get, when you must take it, and what happens to leave you have not taken when you go.
Employment Act 1955
Hurt at work
What counts as an injury at work, including on the way to work, the social security benefits you can receive, and when you can sue your employer.
Employees' Social Security Act 1969