Top tips on pay and conditions 

This section includes general information on employment law. If you have specific questions, you should seek legal advice from a lawyer or trade union.

The information in this section has been compiled for the Diversity Toolkit by the independent research organisation Incomes Data Services (IDS).

• Set out clear criteria on how you will make payments.
• Make your pay decisions as transparent as possible.
• Record excessive hours that employees work and compensate any particularly long hours with appropriate time off.
• Treat any requests for part-time or flexible working arrangements seriously and aim to accommodate them wherever you can.
• Where you cannot accommodate requests, you need to show that the requirement to work full time is backed up by a real business need.
• Flexible working patterns could include staggered hours, compressed working days, job-sharing, part-time working, flexible working hours, shift working, shift swapping, time off in lieu, self-rostering, annualised hours, term-time working or breaks from work.
• Take up government initiatives that support work-life balance. For further guidance, see the FAQs on Work-Life Balance, produced by the UK Film Council for Women in Film and Television.