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The National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates: age, apprentices, previous years.
Holiday calculator to work out statutory holiday leave in days or hours
Calculate how much statutory redundancy you can get based on age, weekly pay and number of years in the job
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Find government-backed support and finance for business
Search the Individual Insolvency Register for details about bankruptcy orders, Debt Relief Orders, Individual Voluntary Arrangements, and restrictions orders and undertakings
What you need to do to start a business: choose a legal structure, see if you need licences and insurance, learn about reliefs and benefits
Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers
Maternity or Paternity Leave or Pay, or Maternity Allowance for parents
Loans and mentoring for people looking to start or grow a business in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Check if your pay matches the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if your employer owes you payments from the previous year.
Find licences, permits or certifications you may need for yourself or your business.
Being made redundant - rights, statutory payments you're entitled to, notice periods and consultation, finding a job.
Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay
Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
Working time directive and maximum weekly working hours including how to calculate your weekly working hours and working time limits if you're a young worker.
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and spli…
When you do and do not have to offer a refund, repair or replacement, unconditional refunds for online purchases, and penalties for deceiving customers
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