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Guidance on finding work, claiming benefits, managing debts and pensions if you’re being made redundant.
Find out about help you can get moving from benefits to work - work trials, programmes and clubs, New Enterprise Allowance, help with drug or alcohol problems, carer support
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You can get help to: start your own business develop your business, if…
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Get help at work, including an Access to Work grant, if you have a disability or health condition - eligibility, how to apply.
Access to Work can help you get or stay in work if you have a physical or…
As part of Access to Work, you may be eligible for: a grant to help pay…
Check you’re eligible before you apply. If you’re a civil servant, your…
Someone from Access to Work will contact you to talk about your…
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What to expect during a phone call from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Performance Measurement team.
What company benefits you pay tax on - including company cars, low-interest loans and accommodation, and what company benefits are tax-free, such as childcare
Make sure a job applicant can work in the UK - check they have the right documents and make sure you're not prosecuted for employing an illegal worker.
Find out what benefits you could get, how much you could get and how to claim
Advice for employers carrying out right to work checks during the coronavirus pandemic.
Use the Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool to find out if you, or a worker on a specific engagement, should be classed as employed or self-employed for tax purposes.
Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is an unemployment benefit you can claim while looking for work - how to apply online, New Style Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), eligibility, rates, rapid reclaim, JSA interview, when payment can be stopped
As an employer, you might need to report any expenses or benefits you provide to employees - tax and National Insurance (NI) payments
Find out what support is available to help with the cost of living: income and disability benefits, bills and allowances, childcare, housing and travel.
Workplace pensions and automatic enrolment - how you're affected, how pensions are protected, what happens if you move job or go on maternity leave and how to opt out
Debts you owe (for example court fines, rent or Council Tax) can be deducted from your benefits – sometimes called third party deductions or Fuel Direct
Find out about non-cash benefits in connection with termination of employment or from employer-financed retirement benefits scheme
New rules meaning over 180,000 Universal Credit claimants will have to look for more work have come into force today (Monday 13 May), as the Government helps people progress in work and off welfare.
Use the payrolling benefits and expenses online service to show you’re collecting tax on benefits and expenses through your payroll.
Checks employers might need to run on job applicants, including right to work in the UK, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS - formerly CRB) checks and health checks
How councils can support guests to find work and claim benefits.
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