Employment Law
When you are working, you can sometimes be faced with some difficult situations.
Information and advice is available for employment law issues, including your basic rights at work and what you should expect from your contract of employment.
Please click on the links below to find reliable information about employment law and organisations that can help you:
Description of Services:
Citizens Advice Hammersmith & Fulham helps thousand of people to resolve their legal and money issues, along with a huge variety of other issues, by providing free, independent and confidential advice every year.
We do this by providing advice, education and support across the full range of social welfare law issues, and influencing policies and practices that affect our clients. Four in ten people have used Citizens Advice at some point in their lives.
Languages spoken:
English
Opening hours:
Telephone for new enquiries, Monday to Friday: 10am to 4pm
Other services Monday to Friday, 10am to 3pm
Leaflets and information only 3 - 5pm
Please note if you have contacted us previously and we are already helping you with your enquiry you can contact us on 020 7386 9068.
Accessibility:
Both premises are wheelchair accessible
Address:
The Advice Centre
338 Uxbridge Road
Shepherd's Bush
London, W12 7LL
Address:
Avonmore Library
7 North End Crescent
West Kensington
London, W14 8TG
Description of Services:
EERC offers independent and impartial information, advice and guidance in the following areas: welfare benefits and tax credits, housing, immigration (EEA), employment rights, debt, access to health and other services
Languages spoken:
Eastern European languages, mainly Polish and Romanian
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9.30am to 5pm, offering free advice during these hours.
Accessibility:
Wheelchair accessible
Address:
238-246 King Street
Hammersmith
London, W6 0RF
Description of Services:
We provide emergency food parcels, containing enough food for up to ten meals, to people in crisis who are referred to us via frontline services.
Through our CAB case worker, we offer advice and other support.
Languages spoken:
English
Opening hours:
The Foodbank has 2 sites:
-The Hub, 75 Bloemfontein Road W127DA, Monday 12:30-3pm, Wednesday 10-12:30am, Saturday 10-12am
-St Mathew's Church, Wandsworth Bridge Road, SW6 2TX Tuesday 10:30-1pm, Friday: 2-4:30pm
Accessibility:
All sites are fully accessible.
Please note there is no disabled toilet at the Hub
Address:
67 Studdridge Street
London, SW6 3TD
Address:
75 Bloemfontein Road
London, W12 7DA
Description of Services:
Advice given on Welfare Benefits, Homelessness and Housing, Transport Provision and Grants for cancer affected clients / carers, Debts, Employment and Legal matters as related to clients or carers affected by cancer.
Maggie's offers free, practical, emotional and social support to people with cancer and their families and friends.
Languages spoken:
English, Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm
Accessibility:
Wheelchair accessible
Address:
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
London, W6 8RF
ACAS
The ACAS Helpline provides clear, confidential, independent and impartial advice to both employers and employees who are involved in an employment dispute or are seeking information on employment rights and rules.
Tel: 0300 123 1100
8am - 8pm Monday to Friday, 9am - 1pm on Saturday
Website: http://www.acas.org.uk
The Money Advice Service
The Money Advice Service offers advice on understanding your employment rights, what in-work benefits you might be entitled to and how to handle redundancy.
Website: https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/categories/work-and-redundancy
Mary Ward Legal Centre
The Mary Ward Legal Centre offers free, independent advice on employment disputes to Londoners.
They can advise on unfair dismissal, discrimination, unpaid wages, grievances, victimisation, disciplinary hearings and other contentious matters.
Tel: 0207 831 7079 to book an appointment. Or book one in person at their Centre at 10 Great Turnstile, WC1V 7JU
Website: http://www.marywardlegal.org.uk/
Worksmart
Worksmart (run by the TUC) aims to help everyone at work to get a good deal from their working life.
Website: http://www.worksmart.org.uk
Civil Legal Advice (CLA)
You might be able to get legal advice from Civil Legal Advice (CLA) if you qualify for legal aid and have a relevant problem.
You can check eligibility on this website.
Website: https://www.gov.uk/check-if-civil-legal-advice-can-help-you
