The UNISON Knowledge Base provides up-to-date and legally checked information on employment rights and key issues affecting people in the workplace and at home.

• Contracts
  • Procurement
  • Changes to employment status
  • TUPE and TUPE+
  • Two-tier workforce
• Discrimination
  • Disability discrimination
  • Age discrimination
  • Race discrimination
  • Gender discrimination
  • Religious discrimination
  • Sexual orientation
  • Equality duties
  • Transgender discrimination
  • Bullying and harassment
  • Tackling prejudice and xenophobia
• Disputes and grievances
  • Discipline
  • Employment tribunals
  • Grievances
  • Industrial action
  • Whistleblowing
• Health and safety
  • Accidents
  • Alcohol, drugs and substance abuse
  • Back pain
  • Computers
  • Eye care
  • First aid provision
  • Hazard reporting
  • Manual handling
  • Occupational health
  • Risk assessment
  • Smoking in the workplace
  • Working at height
  • Working conditions
  • WRULDs and RSI
  • Stress
• Information and privacy
  • GDPR for UNISON members
  • Freedom of information
• Leave
  • Maternity leave
  • Shared parental leave
  • Paternity leave
  • Parental leave
  • Sick leave
  • Time off for dependants
• Pay
  • Adoption pay
  • Death in service
  • Equal pay
  • Grading claims
  • Low pay
  • Maternity pay
  • Minimum wage and national living wage
  • Paternity pay
  • Pay negotiation and bargaining
• Pensions
  • Local Government Pension Scheme
  • NHS Pension Scheme
  • Occupational pensions and auto-enrolment
  • Pensions governance
  • Retirement and the state pension
  • Women and pensions
• Terminating or suspending employment
  • Appraisal
  • Dismissal
  • Redundancy
  • Resignation
  • Suspension
• Vulnerable workers
  • Agency and temporary workers
  • Call centre workers
  • Migrant workers
  • Young workers
• Working patterns
  • Family friendly working
  • Flexible working
  • Part-time working