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Find out when bank holidays are in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - including past and future bank holidays
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Almost all people classed as workers are legally entitled to 5.6 weeks’…
For regular-hours workers, employers can use a ‘leave year’ or an…
Workers are entitled to a week’s pay for each week of statutory leave that…
The general notice period for taking leave is at least twice as long as…
During their notice period the worker may be able to take whatever is left…
Holiday calculator to work out statutory holiday leave in days or hours
Find out when your Child Benefit payments are due, and payment dates for bank holidays.
Your tax credit payments - find out when they're due and early payment dates for bank holidays
Benefit payments - payment dates, bank holidays, if you do not have a bank account, Post Office card accounts.
Public Holidays 2023
Tax and reporting rules for employers who provide or pay for employees' holidays
An explanation of how holiday entitlement and pay operate during the pandemic, where it differs from the standard holiday entitlement and pay guidance.
Public holidays information about the British Deputy High Commission Hyderabad.
DBS' Contact Centre will be closed over the bank holiday weekend and will be resuming with revised opening hours from Tuesday 2 April.
Trading hours for retailers, restrictions on Sunday opening and public holiday opening in England, Wales and Scotland
The government is marking Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee with a one-off additional Bank Holiday in June 2022.
Includes career breaks and the holiday entitlement calculator
Find out when and how to pay your General Betting, Pool Betting or Remote Gaming Duty.
How to pay Gaming or Bingo Duty, and how long it takes for your payment to reach HMRC.
Find out what steps you need to take before you calculate how much you can claim for furloughed and flexibly furloughed employees.
Find your child's school term, half term and holiday dates on your local council's website
Opening times during the 2020 holiday period
13 April 2024 – drones and missiles fired from Iran into Israel (‘Warnings and Insurance’ page)
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