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Workplace advice| Document Title | Document Summary |
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Factcard: a working guide to zoonotic infections
(Members only) |
Updated October 2005: a factcard for all members who work with animals and/or in the countryside |
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Updated 2004 guidelines on safer driving in the workplace |
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Factcard: union learning reps (ULRs) |
A guide to the role and rights of ULRs, plus information about training, the benefits for members, and useful contacts. Updated April 2008. |
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Factcard: VDUs |
A guide to working with display screen equipment (updated July 2007). Covers: the law; good practice; advice; action points |
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Factcard: your legal rights at work
(Members only) |
Updated factcard outlining your employment rights as at April 2008 |
Members' guides
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Prospect members' guide 01: lone working
(Members only) |
Advice for anyone who travels alone, carries out fieldwork or works at outside premises [updated July 2007] |
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Prospect members' guide 02: early retirement, severance and redundancy in the civil service
(Members only) |
The benefits provided by the Civil Service Compensation Scheme if you leave before retiring age. Includes explanatory circulars about two compulsory early retirement issues. The printed version of this guide contains a number of tables which are now out-of-date, so they have been removed from the PDF version. Also, please note that the guide does not cover terms for those over 50 not in the Classic scheme. |
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Prospect members' guide 03: harassment and bullying
(Members only) |
What is harassment, and how to deal with it [updated September 2007] |
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Prospect members' guide 04: individual contracts of employment
(Members only) |
Revised June 2004: Your legal rights; how to negotiate your own contract; and the pitfalls to avoid |
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Prospect members' guide 05: health and safety rights at work
(Members only) |
A summary of what your employer should be doing to protect your health and safety [updated September 2007] |
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Prospect members' guide 06: e-mail and the internet at work
(Members only) |
The spread of email and the internet at work has raised new issues for trade union members and representatives. Prospect has seen a growing number of disciplinary cases connected to the use of computer facilities. Members need to be aware that inappropriate use of these facilities can result in disciplinary action and dismissal. UPDATED JANUARY 2008 |
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Prospect members' guide 07: one to one interviews
(Members only) |
Essential pointers for job evaluation interviews or personal reviews |
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Prospect members' guide 08: work-related stress
(Members only) |
The causes of stress, its effect on health, its symptoms, and employers' legal duties - updated October 2005 |
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Prospect members' guide 09: fixed term contracts
(Members only) |
A summary of the statutory employment rights for workers on fixed term contracts |
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Prospect members' guide 10: overseas working
(Members only) |
General advice for members who may be about to work overseas, from contracts of employment to the problems you may encounter in different climates and cultures. |
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Prospect members' guide 11: employment tribunals
(Members only) |
This guide explains the process of progressing a claim through an Employment Tribunal (ET). Updated June 2005 |
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Prospect members' guide 12: parental and family leave
(Members only) |
This booklet - updated in September 2006 - explains everyone's rights under the Maternity and Parental Leave regulations and the Paternity and Adoptive Leave regulations. It also indicates how your employer can improve upon the minimum provisions. It complements our Members' Guide 13 to Maternity Rights, which sets out entitlement to maternity pay and leave. |
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Prospect members' guide 13: maternity rights
(Members only) |
Your rights to maternity leave and pay (updated October 2005) |
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Prospect members' guide 14: job evaluation and grading support 2000
(Members only) |
'JEGS' - widely used in the civil service and related areas (updated guide, December 2007) |
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Prospect members' guide 15: TUPE regulations
(Members only) |
Your rights when a business transfers to a new employer (updated April 2006) |
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Prospect members' guide 16: part-time and flexible working
(Members only) |
How flexible and reduced patterns of work can help you balance your working life with your personal life (updated September 2006) |
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Prospect members' guide 17: equal opportunities and the law
(Members only) |
The legal rights that relate to equal opportunities as at February 2008 |
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Prospect members' guide 18: appealing against performance appraisal
(Members only) |
The steps likely to be involved in an appeals process (September 2004) |
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Prospect members' guide 19: competencies and how to prepare for them
(Members only) |
What competencies are, and how they might affect you if introduced into your workplace (September 2004) |
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Prospect members' guide 20: homeworking
(Members only) |
Homeworking is an alternative working arrangement in which workers use their home as their subsidiary or main place of work, either as an office or as a base from which visits are made. If you are thinking about working from home there are a number of issues that you need to consider before you agree to such an arrangement. |
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Prospect members' guide 21: sector skills councils |
Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) are independent organisations promoting skills, training and qualifications at all levels. Eighty-five per cent of the UK workforce is covered by one of the 25 SSCs. This guide explains what they are and what they do. |
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