<?xml version="1.0"?><!-- You should copy and paste the url into your newsreader application--><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>WorkingRights Latest Articles and News</title><link>http://www.workingrights.co.uk</link><description>Understanding Your Rights as an Employer or an Employee.</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:38:00 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:38:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>WorkingRights Content Manager</generator><managingEditor>janem@workingrights.co.uk</managingEditor><webMaster>janem@workingrights.co.uk</webMaster><item><title>How Grievance And Disciplinary Procedures Work And Exerting Your Rights</title><link>http://www.workingrights.co.uk/DisciplinaryProcedures.html</link><description>Grievance and disciplinary procedures are two sides of the same coin, ways of resolving disputes at work, but essentially the same.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>How Age Discrimination Can Affect You, And your Rights</title><link>http://www.workingrights.co.uk/Agediscrimination.html</link><description>Age discrimination has only been a target for legislation recently and whether or not it will have any effect is yet to be seen.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>The Rights Of The Disabled And Disability Discrimination At Work</title><link>http://www.workingrights.co.uk/Disabilitydiscrimination.html</link><description>There have been great gains in recent years in terms of getting disabled people into the workplace but there is still a long way to go. </description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>The Different Types Of Dismissal And Your Rights</title><link>http://www.workingrights.co.uk/Dismissal.html</link><description>The dismissal of any employee, whether fair or unfair, has to go through the right procedures otherwise an Employment Tribunal can take the company to task.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Constructive Dismissal And your Rights As A Worker</title><link>http://www.workingrights.co.uk/EffectiveDismissal.html</link><description>Effective dismissal looks at situations where an employee has not been dismissed, but has been put in a situation by their employer where they felt they had no choice but to leave their job.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Can A Trade Union Help You In The Workplace?</title><link>http://www.workingrights.co.uk/CanaUnionHelp.html</link><description>Trade unions are not the dominant force that they were in the workplace toward the end of the last century but the benefits they bring are many and in today's employment climate there are just as relevant as ever.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>What Workplace Arbitration Means and How To Use It</title><link>http://www.workingrights.co.uk/Arbitration.html</link><description>The promotion of arbitration, and its cousins mediation and conciliation, since the early 1970s has revolutionised the resolution of disputes in the workplace. But what is it, how can it be used and how does it work?</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Your Rights Regarding Bullying In The Workplace</title><link>http://www.workingrights.co.uk/BullyingatWork.html</link><description>Bullying in the workplace was hardly spoken about at all until about ten to fifteen years ago, although it has probably been going on ever since work was invented.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Workers' Rights Regarding Drink And Drugs In The Workplace</title><link>http://www.workingrights.co.uk/workers-rights-regarding-drink-drugs-workplace.html</link><description>Alcohol and drugs can cause problems with staff performance and can even land companies in hot water if a serious safety issue arises as a result.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>What Rights Do Workers Have When Their Jobs Are Outsourced?</title><link>http://www.workingrights.co.uk/what-rights-do-workers-have-when-jobs-are-outsourced.html</link><description>Outsourcing seems to be the order of the day with more and more support staff being hived off to separate companies. But how does this affect the rights of the workers who are sold off?</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Your Rights For Maternity Leave</title><link>http://www.workingrights.co.uk/your-rights-for-maternity-leave.html</link><description>A guide to your rights and entitlements when pregnant and on maternity leave</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008</pubDate></item></channel></rss>