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Every employee in Great Britain can ask for a change to their hours, days or place of work from their first day in a job. Here is how the statutory process runs, what employers can refuse and where a tribunal fits in.
Every garment sold in Great Britain must say what it is made of. Here is how the fibre content label works, from permitted names and "100%" claims to linings, tolerances and animal parts.
How Statutory Maternity Leave and Statutory Maternity Pay work in Great Britain: the 52 weeks of leave, the 39 weeks of pay, who qualifies and what the numbers look like in practice.
The headline number is quoted constantly and often misunderstood. What the UK figures actually measure, why the gap is bigger for some groups than others, and how it differs from unequal pay for the same job.
Menopause is a health matter that arrives in the middle of working life, and it is still too often treated as private awkwardness. What the symptoms can involve, what employers are expected to do, and how to start the conversation.
Ties, suits, clean-shaven rules and uniforms are all common at work. Here is how UK equality law and Acas guidance treat dress codes, and what a reasonable one looks like.
Fit is what separates a suit that looks considered from one that merely looks new. A practical walk through the checks worth making in the fitting room, in the order that matters.
Razor burn, bumps and ingrowing hairs are common enough to feel normal, and mostly preventable. A step-by-step look at preparation, technique, and when irritation is a sign to change approach.
Every song on the radio or in a pub involves two separate sets of rights and two collecting societies. Here is how PPL and PRS for Music divide the work, and how the money is shared.
Coverage of public figures, and of everyone else, can be challenged, but the right route depends on the medium and the publisher. A guide to the UK bodies that handle complaints about newspapers, magazines and broadcasts.
