National Minimum Wage -  From 1st October 2010 the rates are:

Adult rate (from age 21+) - £5.93 per hour
Development rate  (18-20) - £4.92 per hour
Youth rate (16-17) - £3.64 per hour.

Apprentice Rate (under 19 or 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship) - £2.50 per hour

Minimum Holiday Entitlement - From 1 April 2009 the holiday entitlement is 5.6 weeks (28 days if you work a five day week) .

Statutory redundancy - UK workers are caught up in the turmoil of the free market and global competitiveness. Employers, particularly in the telecom industry, are cutting staffing levels to the bone and redundancies are being announced on a daily basis.

In recognised companies, the union is always there - in the workplace. It is much harder for union members in non-recognised companies. In order to assist members we have bookmarked redundancy information from the TUC to provide helpful and up-to-date advice on statutory redundancy procedures, now available at workSMART/redundancy

The maximum week's pay for the purposes of calculating statutory redundancy payments is £400 for redundancies. For a handy redundancy payment calculator click... ready reckoner

Working life and family-friendly policies - In order to assist members we have bookmarked this section from the TUC's workSMART website to provide helpful and up-to-date advice