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Collective bargaining

This is one method that employers use to work with trade unions or works councils to negotiate matters such as terms and conditions of employment for certain groups or all their employees.

Payslips

Employers are legally obliged to provide employees with an itemised pay statement. These are usually called payslips or wage slips.

Pay Rates at a glance - April 2024 - March 2025

Each April sees the increase to the National Living and Minimum Wage rates, and other statutory rates of pay

The tables below show the current rates applicable for the above, and the revised rates which will apply from April 2024.

If you have any queries regarding these matters, please feel free to contact our Workplace Information Service on 03300 555 300

Personal grievances

Grievances are concerns, problems or complaints that employees may raise with their employers.

Advice on Managing Sickness Absence

This guide tries to answer some questions you might ask when an employee is absent from work due to sickness or unauthorised absence.

Restraint of Trade

Restraint of trade, also known as ‘restrictive covenants’ help organisations to protect themselves against competitors getting access to their confidential or commercially sensitive information.

Increase in statutory rates and limits on tribunal awards 2024

April sees the increase to the National living and minimum wage rates, minimum rates for agricultural workers, statutory redundancy pay, statutory payments including SSP and limits on tribunal awards.

Early Conciliation

The Labour Relations Agency provides an Early Conciliation service following a change in NI employment law which took effect on 27 January 2020. This service helps to resolve workplace disputes in a legally binding way, without the need to take a case to the Industrial or Fair Employment Tribunal. Click below for more information or to make an Early Conciliation notification.

LRA Research Uncovers Lack of Training in NI to Manage Workplace Disputes

Fewer than half of employers in Northern Ireland train managers to prevent or resolve workplace disputes. This was a key finding of research carried out on behalf of the Labour Relations Agency (LRA) by Cardiff Business School.