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Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments
Indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a partner, parent, child or relative in the UK - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
Work out your Statutory Adoption Leave dates - Ordinary and Additional Adoption Leave period, notice period and earliest start date
What an employee needs to do when they resign from a job: how to give notice, notice period, payment arrangements, gardening leave, restrictive covenants
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Apply to stay in the UK without time restrictions ('indefinite leave to remain') after being in the UK for 10 years - eligibility, documents you need, how to apply, family members.
How employers must handle written and verbal staff resignations, business transfers and redundancy pay
Immigration staff guidance on discretionary leave.
Ending a relationship and agreeing on money and property, child arrangements (sometimes known as 'custody', 'residence' or 'contact') and child maintenance
This Directorate Children and Young People (DCYP) COVID-19 page provides important advice and updates for service parents.
Find out about the long-term effects some people can have after having COVID-19.
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
When employers move, employees with mobility clauses, what happens with redundancies, compensation, disputes and company takeovers
Robust Home Secretary action has driven an almost 80% fall in student dependant applications in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.
Information and guidance on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Use form SC6 if you're an employee, are adopting a child from abroad and need to claim Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) and Leave.
You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from your partner if your visa is based on your relationship
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