Know Your Rights
Most people only go looking for this stuff when something has already gone wrong at work — and by then it's hard to know what to trust. These guides set out what UK employment rights actually mean day to day, in plain English, with no jargon and no judgement about how you got here. Come back to them whenever you need to check something.
Employment tribunal time limits: what's changing in October 2026
The rules on how long you have to bring a tribunal claim are changing — but not for everyone, and not straight away. Here's exactly what changes, when, and what it means for you.
Read the guide →ACAS early conciliation: the step that protects your deadline
You almost always have to notify ACAS before a tribunal claim. Conciliation pauses your deadline while it runs — and since December 2025 it can last up to 12 weeks.
Read the guide →How to document a workplace dispute
Something's going wrong and you don't know yet where it ends. What to write down, what to keep, where to keep it safely, and the mistakes that cost people their evidence.
Read the guide →Union rep, ACAS or a solicitor? Who can actually help
A union rep, ACAS, a solicitor, a free advice charity — each one does something different, and most people end up using more than one. An honest side-by-side comparison.
Read the guide →Unfair dismissal from January 2027: the qualifying period drops to six months
From 1 January 2027 you can claim unfair dismissal after six months' service instead of two years. A separate change to a separate date — easy to mix up with the October 2026 deadline change.
Read the guide →This is a reference library rather than a running commentary, and it grows as we work through the situations people ask about most — disciplinaries, grievances, dismissal, pay, and the deadlines that catch people out. Each guide carries the date it was last checked, so you can see at a glance how current it is.
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