APPENDIX
The rights of workers in the UK
The UK Government has adopted a "targeted
approach" to the rights of workers. Thus, when issuing new
employment legislation it decides, following consultation of interested
parties, if this should cover workers as well as employees. Overtime,
this approach has created the following floor of rights for all
UK workers:
— The right to the National Minimum
Wage;
— The right to paid holiday;
— The right to sufficient breaks and
maximum working hours;
— The right to be discriminated against
on grounds of sex, marital status, race, nationality, disability,
age, sexual orientation, religous belief or part-time status;
— Protection against unlawful deduction
from wages;
— Protection against retalitory action
for having disclosed malpractice ("blowing the whistle");
and
— Data protection rights.
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