How we research, verify and update every figure and rule on this site — and what to do if you think we have got something wrong.
UK Work Rights is created, directed and published by Matt Thompson, the founder and sole director of UK Work Rights Ltd (Company No. 17228507, registered in England & Wales).
We use AI to produce content, and we are open about that. Pages and guidance on this site are drafted with AI assistance, working to a structure and a set of verified facts that Matt defines. Nothing is published automatically. Every statutory figure is checked against a primary source before it goes live, and Matt takes editorial responsibility for everything on this site.
We think being straight about this matters more than pretending otherwise. The risk with AI and legal information is invented figures and confident guesswork — so rather than hide the fact that we use it, we have built the whole system around stopping it. That is what the section below describes.
We are not a law firm and we are not solicitors. We do not claim professional legal accreditation. What we offer is carefully sourced, plain-English guidance built for people who cannot afford paid legal advice — and we are open about exactly where every figure comes from so you can check it yourself.
Every statutory figure, deadline and legal rule on this site is taken from primary sources — the law itself and official guidance:
We also cross-check practical guidance against established advice organisations such as Citizens Advice and Shelter, and occasionally cite recognised research bodies where they are the clearest public source. Where we do, we say so on the page.
What we never do is take a statutory figure from an AI system, from a summary, or from another site's copy of it. Figures come from the source that sets them.
Our rights checkers use AI to explain your situation in plain English. AI systems are known to invent plausible-sounding numbers, and in this subject that is dangerous — a wrong deadline can cost someone a claim.
So the AI is not permitted to supply legal figures at all. Instead:
We run automated checks across the whole site before every release, including a consistency check that flags any figure stated two different ways on different pages.
Employment, housing and benefits law differ across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Where a rule applies to only one nation, we say so. If you have not told us where you live, we assume England and say so clearly in the answer.
Statutory rates change at fixed points in the year — most commonly in April, and at other dates when new legislation commences. We review affected pages at each of those points, and we monitor GOV.UK and legislation.gov.uk for changes in between.
Many of our pages carry a verified date so you can see how current the information is, and we are working to extend this across the whole site. If a change is coming but is not yet law, we say so rather than presenting it as if it already applies.
This is general guidance, not legal advice. We do not know your full circumstances, we cannot represent you, and we will never tell you that you will win or lose a case. For anything high-stakes, please speak to ACAS, Citizens Advice, Shelter, a trade union, or a solicitor.
If you think something on this site is wrong, please tell us. We would rather know. Report it at ukworkrights.co.uk/?feedback=1 or email hello@ukworkrights.co.uk.
We check every report against the primary source. Where we have made an error we correct it and update the page's verified date.
UK Work Rights is free to use and always will be. There is no paywall, and you never need an account to use a checker, download a report or generate a letter — signing in is optional and only exists to save your details between visits. The site is funded by advertising, and readers can support it voluntarily through Buy Me a Coffee. Advertisers have no influence whatsoever over our guidance, and we do not accept payment to feature or recommend any organisation.