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Employment Law (SmartLaw Subscription)

The National Student Money Survey recently revealed that in 2022 62% of university students in the UK had a part-time job. But do your students know what their legal rights are when it comes to working?

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During this lesson students explore the law that applies to young workers and what they can do if they believe their legal rights at work are not being upheld.

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