Acas advice and support

Advice and guidance for both employers and employees.

Provided by: ACAS North East

Scheme details

Area: Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, County Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Northumberland

Categories: Business support

Business stage: Trading business

Telephone: 0300 123 1150

Contact email:

Acas provides impartial information, advice, training, conciliation and other services for employers and employees to help prevent or resolve workplace problems. Acas is regularly updating its advice to reflect any new changes to lockdown in Great Britain. The full advice includes proposed changes to employment contracts on returning to work, staff anxious about returning to work and how to raise it as an issue.

Advice for employees and employers

  • Redundancy
  • TUPE transfers
  • Working from home during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
  • Employment contracts
  • Pay and wages
  • Holiday, sickness and leave
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Lay-offs and short-time working
  • Dismissals
  • Working hours
  • Job applications and hiring
  • Dealing with problems at work
  • Disciplinary and grievance procedures.

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For further information about this scheme, including how to apply, visit the provider website.

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