Resources

We provide a range of resources to help you navigate employment relations in Northern Ireland. 

 

Please note that on 6 December 2022 we will have moved our Head Office to new premises at James House, 2-4 Cromac Avenue, the Gasworks, Belfast.  However, some of our guides and resources may still have our old, Gordon Street address on them.  We are systematically working our way through to update them with the new address.  Phone numbers (03300 555 300 and 03300 552 220) and email addresses remain the same.

  • Information on the Rights of Workers in Northern Ireland (Latvian Translation)

    Advisory guide

    Updated February 2016

    Last modified: 21 March 2019
  • Information on the Rights of Workers in Northern Ireland (Cantonese Translation)

    Advisory guide

    Updated February 2016

    Last modified: 21 March 2019
  • Time Off - Rights and Responsibilities

    Information Note

    February 2016

    This Information Note gives a brief outline of statutory rights to time off work. It includes basic information on who is entitled to the rights to time off work, links to other useful sources of further information and how people complain if they are denied a right they believe they are entitled to.

    Last modified: 19 March 2019
  • Deductions from wages by employers

    Information Note

    February 2016

    The Wages (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 repealed various Truck Acts 1831 to 1940 and the Payment of Wages Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 and made changes to the law governing the way in which wages were paid. 

    Last modified: 19 March 2019
  • Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)

    Information Note
    Last modified: 19 March 2019
  • Disciplinary matters

    Information Note

    February 2016

    This Information Note provides guidance on general principles in relation to discipline. It is not a substitute for the Agency’s Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures. 

    Last modified: 19 March 2019
  • Employee grievances

    Information Note

    November 2021

    This Information Note provides guidance on general principles in relation to employee grievances. It is not a substitute for the Agency’s Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures. 

    Last modified: 20 October 2023
  • Managing the Performance of Your Employees

    Leaflet

    Effective performance management can bring about many benefits to your business, including improved staff performance, greater productivity and stronger employee engagement.

    Last modified: 14 September 2019
  • Advice on Social Media and the Employment Relationship

    Advisory guide

    It's hard to think of a bigger change in the workplace over the last 10 years than the arrival of social media as a means of communication. Their rapid rise in prevalence and importance is changing the nature of work and how it balances with our private lives.

    Last modified: 14 September 2019
  • Leaflet 10. Managing the Performance of Your Employees

    Leaflet

    February 2016

    Effective performance management can bring about many benefits to your business, including improved staff performance, greater productivity and stronger employee engagement.

    Last modified: 19 March 2019
  • Advice on Recruitment, Selection and Induction

    Advisory guide

    This booklet is designed to provide employers with guidance in carrying out recruitment, selection and induction activities. 

    Last modified: 14 September 2019
  • Leaflet 9. Workplace Communications

    Leaflet

    February 2016

    Most employees need to be instructed about their jobs. But keeping employees informed about other more general matters at work is just as essential and can contribute to the efficiency of any organisation.

    Last modified: 19 March 2019