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Understand and avoid all types of anti-competitive and cartel activity including price-fixing, collusion, bid-ridding and sharing markets. Know how to report concerns to the CMA.

• Overview

  All businesses, whatever their size, must understand how they’re affected…

• Types of anti-competitive activity

  You must avoid all types of anti-competitive activity in your business…

• Manage risk

  The people who run your business are responsible for ensuring it does not…

• Report anti-competitive activity

  The way you report anti-competitive activity depends on the type of…

Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers

• Overview

  Workers over 18 are usually entitled to 3 types of break - rest breaks at…

• Taking breaks

  Employers can say when employees take rest breaks during work time as long…

• Compensatory rest

  Workers may be entitled to ‘compensatory rest’ if they don’t have the…

• Exceptions

  Workers aren’t entitled to the 3 general types of rest break if they work…

• Young workers

  Young workers (above school leaving age and under 18) are usually entitled…

• Disputes

  Workers who can’t take or aren’t allowed rest breaks should speak to their…

Disciplinary rules and procedures to deal with poor performance and conduct.

• Overview

  You should have written disciplinary rules and procedures to deal with…

• Writing disciplinary proceedings

  Your disciplinary procedures should follow the Acas Code of Practice. Not…

• Disciplinary investigations and hearings

  The law does not say exactly how you should investigate disciplinary…

• Appeals

  An employee has the right to appeal against a decision made after a…

Probation is when you serve a court sentence in the community, and can include unpaid work or being supervised after coming out of prison

Employment agencies and businesses must keep proper records and can be inspected by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate; the records you must keep, how long to store them and what happens if you're inspected

The rules, paperwork and training you need to transport dangerous goods

Check what type of drivers' hours rules you need to follow if you drive a goods vehicle or a bus or coach.

How to show the MHRA you're meeting good clinical practice (GCP) standards and what to expect from an inspection.

• Updated: 13 March 2025

The latest versions of the Criminal Procedure Rules and of the Criminal Practice Directions made by the Lord Chief Justice.

• Updated: 6 October 2025

Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination