Employment Advice

Please note that this service is not available from Stafford Borough Council.  For further information please contact Staffordshire County Council using the contact details below.

Advice and Support

Anyone employing people must comply with health and safety law, notify the enforcing authority (the Council or the Health and Safety Executive) and provide health and safety information to their employees.

For further information please contact the Staffordshire County Council Website at www.staffordshire.gov.uk 

Advice about the Working Time Regulations is available from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) or the ACAS website

Information about employing disabled people, and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is available from the Equality Direct website or the Disability Rights Commission

Under the Disability Discrimination Act, employers of 15 or more people now have a legal duty to make their workplace accessible to people with mental health problems. For advice and information, go to the Mind Out for Mental Health website, which has a 'Working Minds' Campaign Employers' Toolkit to download.

The DTI website TIGER - Tailored Interactive Guidance on Employment Rights - has information on maternity rights, paternity rights, adoption rights, and flexible working rights, including the changes from 6 April 2003.

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) publishes a range of books for people managing workplace health & safety.

The Employment Relations section of the main DTI website covers hours of work and part-time work, pay entitlement and the National Minimum Wage, public holidays, employment agency standards, individual employment rights, redundancy arrangements, employee consultation, trade unions and collective rights.

Advice for employers on best practice can be obtained from the DTI Partnership at Work Fund, the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA) Partnership at Work website and the DTI Great Place to Work website