# source/domain-registers/employment.v1.yaml

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    register_version: life-course-domain-register.v1
    pack_id: pack-3-work-money
    domain: employment
    title: Employment
    status: population_complete
    observed_at: "2026-08-08"
    link_receipts: evaluation/link-receipts/pack-3-work-money-2026-08-08
    acquisition:
      mode: linked_reference_only
      snapshots_acquired: false
      source_response_bodies_retained: false
      publication_allowed: false
      rights_policy: link_and_summarize_source_family_decisions_recorded
    _source_defaults: &source_defaults
      access_method: public_html
      version_model: live_service_guidance
      update_cadence: check_before_each_use
      rights_basis: linked_reference_summary_only_source_family_decision_recorded
      observed_at: "2026-08-08"
      checksum: not_applicable_no_snapshot
    _family_defaults: &family_defaults
      primary_jurisdictions: [England, Scotland, Wales]
      specialist_review: required
    route_sources:
      - <<: *source_defaults
        id: employment-scotland-handoff
        jurisdiction: Scotland
        title: Working and jobs in Scotland
        owner: Scottish Government
        authority_role: scotland_employment_discovery_handoff
        resource: https://www.mygov.scot/browse/working-jobs
        coverage: Routes people to current Scottish employment and work-support information.
        exclusions: Employment law may be Great Britain-wide but services and delivery remain route-specific.
      - <<: *source_defaults
        id: employment-wales-handoff
        jurisdiction: Wales
        title: Employment support in Wales
        owner: Welsh Government
        authority_role: wales_employment_discovery_handoff
        resource: https://www.gov.wales/employment-support
        coverage: Routes people to current Welsh employability and workplace support.
        exclusions: Employment law may be Great Britain-wide but services and delivery remain route-specific.
      - <<: *source_defaults
        id: employment-northern-ireland-handoff
        jurisdiction: Northern Ireland
        title: Employment in Northern Ireland
        owner: Northern Ireland Executive
        authority_role: northern_ireland_employment_discovery_handoff
        resource: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-and-services/employment
        coverage: Routes people to current Northern Ireland employment rights and services.
        exclusions: Great Britain employment guidance does not establish Northern Ireland law or procedure.
    families:
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: receive-written-employment-particulars
        title: Receive written employment particulars
        aliases: [written statement of employment, job terms in writing]
        description: Obtain the employer's required written terms and retain corrections or dispute evidence.
        situations: [A worker is starting or continuing a job and needs the terms recorded.]
        user_needs: [Understand the written-statement boundary and where missing or inaccurate terms can be challenged.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: receive-written-employment-particulars-primary
          title: "Employment contracts and conditions, written statement"
          owner: "Department for Business and Trade"
          authority_role: great_britain_written_particulars_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/employment-contracts-and-conditions/written-statement-of-employment-particulars
          coverage: "Explains Great Britain written-statement content and timing."
          exclusions: "Does not interpret an individual contract or determine employment status."
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: check-employment-status
        title: Check employment status
        aliases: [am I an employee or worker, self-employed status]
        description: Use official tax and rights guidance to identify the status questions an accountable authority or tribunal decides.
        situations: [A person or engager is unsure whether work is employment, worker status or self-employment.]
        user_needs: [Separate tax status from employment-rights status and avoid a fabricated local conclusion.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: check-employment-status-primary
          title: "Employment status"
          owner: "Department for Business and Trade"
          authority_role: great_britain_employment_status_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/employment-status
          coverage: "Introduces employment-status categories and their rights in Great Britain."
          exclusions: "Does not determine status for a real engagement or replace tax and legal decisions."
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: receive-national-minimum-wage
        title: Receive the National Minimum Wage
        aliases: [minimum wage rate, underpaid at work]
        description: Check the current statutory rate and use pay-record, complaint or enforcement routes when pay may be short.
        situations: [A worker needs to understand or challenge minimum-wage pay.]
        user_needs: [Find current rates, status boundaries and confidential enforcement or tribunal routes.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: receive-national-minimum-wage-primary
          title: "National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates"
          owner: "Department for Business and Trade"
          authority_role: uk_minimum_wage_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
          coverage: "Publishes current statutory minimum-wage rates and age bands."
          exclusions: "Does not calculate pay or decide whether a worker or time is covered."
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: pay-paye-and-national-insurance
        title: Pay PAYE and National Insurance
        aliases: [tax deducted from wages, employee PAYE contributions]
        description: Understand payroll deductions and use employer or HMRC correction routes when records appear wrong.
        situations: [An employee needs to understand income-tax and National Insurance deductions from pay.]
        user_needs: [Check tax code and payslip evidence and reach the accountable correction service.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: pay-paye-and-national-insurance-primary
          title: "How you pay Income Tax"
          owner: "HM Revenue and Customs"
          authority_role: uk_paye_income_tax_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/income-tax/how-you-pay-income-tax
          coverage: "Explains PAYE deductions and tax-code handoffs."
          exclusions: "Does not calculate tax, validate a payslip or correct an account."
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: join-workplace-pension
        title: Join a workplace pension
        aliases: [automatic enrolment pension, opt in to employer pension]
        description: Follow automatic-enrolment or opt-in steps and retain scheme, contribution and decision records.
        situations: [A worker needs to understand or act on workplace pension enrolment.]
        user_needs: [Find employer, scheme and regulator boundaries without selecting investments locally.]
        dependency: regulated-workplace-pension-scheme
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: join-workplace-pension-primary
          title: "Workplace pensions"
          owner: "Department for Work and Pensions"
          authority_role: great_britain_workplace_pension_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/workplace-pensions
          coverage: "Explains automatic enrolment, contributions and opting out in Great Britain."
          exclusions: "Does not recommend a pension, calculate benefits or decide an employer breach."
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: take-statutory-leave
        title: Take statutory leave
        aliases: [holiday entitlement, time off work rights]
        description: Identify the relevant statutory time-off route and give the employer the current notice or evidence.
        situations: [A worker needs annual leave or another statutory period away from work.]
        user_needs: [Distinguish leave types, employer procedure and dispute routes.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: take-statutory-leave-primary
          title: "Holidays and time off"
          owner: "Department for Business and Trade"
          authority_role: great_britain_leave_discovery_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/browse/working/time-off
          coverage: "Routes workers to current Great Britain holiday and time-off rights."
          exclusions: "Does not calculate entitlement or decide whether an absence is protected."
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: get-statutory-sick-pay
        title: Get Statutory Sick Pay
        aliases: [SSP from employer, sick pay when unable to work]
        description: Give required sickness evidence and use employer, HMRC or benefit handoffs when payment is refused or ends.
        situations: [An employee cannot work because of sickness and needs to check statutory pay.]
        user_needs: [Find current eligibility, evidence, payment and dispute routes without a local award calculation.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: get-statutory-sick-pay-primary
          title: "Statutory Sick Pay"
          owner: "Department for Work and Pensions"
          authority_role: great_britain_statutory_sick_pay_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/statutory-sick-pay
          coverage: "Explains Great Britain SSP eligibility, evidence and employer-payment routes."
          exclusions: "Does not diagnose illness or decide employment status, eligibility or amount."
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: take-parental-leave
        title: Take parental leave
        aliases: [unpaid parental leave, time off to care for child]
        description: Use the statutory parental-leave notice route and respond to postponement or dispute outputs.
        situations: [An employee needs time away from work to care for a child.]
        user_needs: [Find current eligibility, notice and employer-response boundaries.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: take-parental-leave-primary
          title: "Unpaid parental leave"
          owner: "Department for Business and Trade"
          authority_role: great_britain_parental_leave_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/parental-leave
          coverage: "Explains Great Britain unpaid parental-leave rights and notice."
          exclusions: "Does not decide eligibility or whether an employer response is lawful."
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: get-workplace-health-and-safety-protection
        title: Get workplace health and safety protection
        aliases: [unsafe workplace help, employer safety duties]
        description: Raise a workplace risk through employer and regulator routes while preserving urgent and protected-disclosure boundaries.
        situations: [A worker or other person is concerned about workplace health or safety.]
        user_needs: [Identify the enforcing authority and escalation route without the bundle assessing risk.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: get-workplace-health-and-safety-protection-primary
          title: "Your health and safety at work"
          owner: "Health and Safety Executive"
          authority_role: great_britain_workplace_safety_guidance
          resource: https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/law/
          coverage: "Introduces Great Britain worker health-and-safety rights, responsibilities and concern routes."
          exclusions: "Does not inspect a workplace, assess immediate danger or determine enforcement."
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: report-workplace-injury
        title: Report a workplace injury
        aliases: [RIDDOR incident report, accident at work notification]
        description: Record the incident and use employer, enforcing-authority and injury-reporting routes applicable to the event.
        situations: [A workplace accident, dangerous occurrence or occupational condition may require reporting.]
        user_needs: [Distinguish emergency care, employer records and statutory reporting responsibility.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: report-workplace-injury-primary
          title: "Report an incident"
          owner: "Health and Safety Executive"
          authority_role: great_britain_riddor_reporting_service
          resource: https://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/report.htm
          coverage: "Provides the Great Britain RIDDOR incident-reporting route."
          exclusions: "Does not decide reportability, liability or compensation and the host requires its own rights decision."
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: join-or-use-trade-union
        title: Join or use a trade union
        aliases: [union membership rights, get help from my union]
        description: Find an independent trade union and understand membership, representation and workplace-rights boundaries.
        situations: [A worker wants collective representation, advice or support.]
        user_needs: [Verify the organisation and keep public rights separate from membership decisions.]
        dependency: independent-listed-trade-union
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: join-or-use-trade-union-primary
          title: "Join a trade union"
          owner: "Department for Business and Trade"
          authority_role: great_britain_trade_union_rights_guidance
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/join-trade-union
          coverage: "Explains Great Britain rights to join and use a trade union."
          exclusions: "Does not recommend a union, create membership or provide representation."
      - <<: *family_defaults
        id: bring-employment-dispute
        title: Bring an employment dispute
        aliases: [employment tribunal claim, challenge employer decision]
        description: Preserve evidence and use internal resolution, conciliation and tribunal routes within current time boundaries.
        situations: [A worker or employer cannot resolve an employment-rights dispute.]
        user_needs: [Find the applicable early-conciliation and adjudication route without receiving legal advice.]
        source:
          <<: *source_defaults
          id: bring-employment-dispute-primary
          title: "Make a claim to an employment tribunal"
          owner: "HM Courts and Tribunals Service"
          authority_role: great_britain_employment_tribunal_service
          resource: https://www.gov.uk/employment-tribunals
          coverage: "Explains Great Britain tribunal claim, response and hearing handoffs."
          exclusions: "Does not provide legal advice, calculate a deadline or predict an outcome."