Working, jobs and pensions

Includes holidays and finding a job

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Services

1. Find a job

   Search and apply for jobs in Great Britain using ‘Find a job’.

2. National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates

   The National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates: age, apprentices, previous years

3. Check your State Pension

   Find out how much State Pension you could get, when you could get it and how you could increase it

4. Find an apprenticeship

   Register your profile, search vacancies and apply for an apprenticeship - you must be 16 or over

5. DBS Update Service

   Use the DBS Update Service to keep your DBS check certificates up to date or check an applicant's DBS certificate (used to be called CRB checks).

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Guidance and regulation

1. UK bank holidays
   • Calendar
   • 2 July 2019
   • Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
2. Track or view your DBS certificate
   • Detailed guide
   • 15 February 2018
   • Disclosure and Barring Service
3. Update Service and other DBS online services
   • Detailed guide
   • 26 February 2019
   • Disclosure and Barring Service
4. Basic DBS checks: guidance
   • Detailed guide
   • 1 October 2019
   • Disclosure and Barring Service
5. Contact the Department for Work and Pensions about its policies
   • Detailed guide
   • 3 December 2018
   • Department for Work and Pensions

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News and communications

30 September 2019 — News story

National Living Wage to apply to 21 year olds

Low Pay Commission

1. £4 million scheme to boost worker earnings and youth employment
   • 30 September 2019
   • Department for Work and Pensions
   • Press release
2. Brexit and pensions uprating
   • 27 September 2019
   • Department for Work and Pensions
   • Press release
3. Apprenticeship at GAD - Mary's story
   • 23 September 2019
   • Government Actuary's Department
   • News story
4. Increased DWP support for veterans
   • 20 September 2019
   • Department for Work and Pensions and HM Treasury
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

1. Work and Health Programme statistics to May 2019
   • 29 August 2019
   • Department for Work and Pensions
   • Official statistics
2. Steps 2 Success: NI Statistics from October 2014 to June 2019
   • 29 August 2019
   • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department for Communities (Northern Ireland)
   • Official statistics
3. Employment Vacancies – Statistics from April to June 2019
   • 31 July 2019
   • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department for Communities (Northern Ireland)
   • Official statistics
4. Employment Advisers in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: process evaluation report
   • 23 July 2019
   • Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health and Social Care
   • Research
5. Sickness absence and health: employer behaviour and practice
   • 25 June 2019
   • Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health and Social Care
   • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

1. The Pensions Ombudsman: dispute resolution and jurisdiction
   • 8 August 2019
   • Department for Work and Pensions and The Pensions Ombudsman
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 18 January 2019
2. Trustee oversight of investment consultants and fiduciary managers
   • 29 July 2019
   • Department for Work and Pensions
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 02 September 2019
3. Pregnancy and maternity discrimination: extending redundancy protection for women and new parents
   • 22 July 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 05 April 2019
4. Confidentiality clauses: measures to prevent misuse in situations of workplace harassment or discrimination
   • 21 July 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 29 April 2019
5. Good work plan: establishing a new single enforcement body for employment rights
   • 16 July 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 06 October 2019

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Memorandum of understanding: social security and employment support services in Scotland
   • 28 March 2019
   • Department for Work and Pensions and The Scottish Government
   • Corporate report
2. Finding a job and starting work in Scotland: Fair Start Scotland Service Level Agreement
   • 22 March 2019
   • Department for Work and Pensions and The Scottish Government
   • Corporate report
3. Working hours and pay grades of school teachers in Lincoln, UK
   • 3 December 2018
   • Office of Manpower Economics
   • Foi release
4. DWP complaints: Annual report by the Independent Case Examiner 2017 to 2018
   • 12 October 2018
   • Department for Work and Pensions and Independent Case Examiner
   • Corporate report
5. Department for Communities (NI) complaints: Annual report by the Independent Case Examiner 2017 to 2018
   • 12 October 2018
   • Independent Case Examiner and Department for Communities (Northern Ireland)
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Department for Work & Pensions
2. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
3. HM Revenue & Customs
4. Disclosure & Barring Service
5. Government Equalities Office

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1. UK Visas and Immigration
2. HM Treasury
3. Home Office
4. The Insolvency Service
5. Ministry of Defence
6. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
7. Ministry of Justice
8. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
9. Department for Education
10. Education & Skills Funding Agency
11. Central Arbitration Committee
12. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
13. Government Actuary's Department
14. Independent Case Examiner
15. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
16. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
17. BPDTS Ltd
18. Cabinet Office
19. Department of Health & Social Care
20. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
21. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
22. Valuation Office Agency
23. Companies House
24. Department for Transport
25. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
26. Government Legal Department
27. Immigration Enforcement
28. Office of Manpower Economics
29. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
30. The Oil and Pipelines Agency
31. Race Disparity Unit

1. Low Pay Commission
2. Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
3. Veterans UK
4. The Charity Commission
5. HM Land Registry
6. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd

Explore sub-topics

1. Contracts and working hours
2. Finding a job
3. Holidays, time off, sick leave, maternity and paternity leave
4. Recruiting and hiring
5. Redundancies, dismissals and disciplinaries
6. State Pension
7. Workplace and personal pensions
8. Workplace bullying and harassment
9. Your pay, tax and the National Minimum Wage
10. Your rights at work and trade unions