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Part-time workers should not be treated less favourably than full-time workers; employers' responsibilities and what part-time workers can do if they're treated unfairly
Apply for a Skilled Worker visa (formerly a Tier 2 General work visa) if you’ve been offered a skilled job with a UK employer - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children, taking on additional...
A Skilled Worker visa allows you to come to or stay in the UK to do an…
You must meet both the following requirements to be eligible for a Skilled…
There are lower salary requirements if either: you got your certificate of…
You might still be able to apply for a Skilled Worker visa if your job is…
There are different salary rules if you work in some healthcare or…
You’ll usually need to prove your knowledge of the English language when…
When you apply for a Skilled Worker visa, you’ll need to have enough money…
When you apply you’ll need to provide: your certificate of sponsorship…
You must apply online for a Skilled Worker visa. Check which documents…
Your partner and children can also apply to join you or stay in the UK as…
You can usually apply to extend a Skilled Worker visa or a Tier 2…
You’ll need to apply to update your Skilled Worker or Tier 2 (General)…
You might be able to apply to change (‘switch’) to a Skilled Worker visa…
If you work overtime in the job you’re being sponsored for, you do not…
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
Workers over 18 are usually entitled to 3 types of break - rest breaks at…
Employers can say when employees take rest breaks during work time as long…
Workers may be entitled to ‘compensatory rest’ if they don’t have the…
Workers aren’t entitled to the 3 general types of rest break if they work…
Young workers (above school leaving age and under 18) are usually entitled…
Workers who can’t take or aren’t allowed rest breaks should speak to their…
Guidance for employers. You need to have a sponsor licence to hire workers from outside the UK.
Explains the requirements to notify the Home Office of arrival and leaving dates for offshore workers in UK waters.
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
Apply for a Scale-up Worker visa if you’ve been offered a skilled job with a fast-growing UK employer - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
Guidance for employers on how to sponsor a worker on the Scale-up immigration route.
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions
Guidance on the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage for organisations who offer work experience, including placements and internships.
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.
Apply for an Overseas Domestic Worker visa if you've worked for your employer for at least a year - eligibility, fees, knowledge of English, your employment rights
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
Employers must make reasonable adjustments to make sure workers with disabilities or health conditions are not substantially disadvantaged
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
This guidance explains what to do to show you have rights as a frontier worker.
The rights of agricultural and farm workers - including pay rates, agricultural minimum wage, overtime, holiday leave, rest breaks, help and advice
These sections are taken from the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 and relate to disclosure of information
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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