• Individual employment terms: Written contract entitlement, permanent/fixed-term/part-time contracts, probationary/trial periods, minimum pay, non-compete clauses, contract variation, use of agency staff.
• Collective employment terms: Level of unionisation, national accords, collective agreements, works council thresholds, works council rights, dispute resolution, employee information and consultation, mandatory staff rules.
• Working time: Normal working hours, overtime, overtime premia, rest breaks, night work, on-call arrangements.
• Leave of absence: Holiday leave and pay, sick leave and pay, maternity and parental leave, other leave.
• Discrimination: Scope of protection, direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, justification and other employer defences, remedies.
• Individual dismissal: Disciplinary rules and procedures, reasons for dismissal, special protected categories, notice periods, notification of authorities, special redundancy rules, severance payments, right to references.
• Collective redundancy: Normal thresholds, timetable, notification to authorities, consultation requirements, redeployment/outplacement obligations, redundancy compensation.
• Contesting a dismissal: Type of claims, courts, time limits, procedures, remedies.

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