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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
Find out what income you need to include in your tax credits claim or renewal.
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How and why you should conduct a right to work check.
Find out what steps you need to take before you calculate how much you can claim for furloughed and flexibly furloughed employees.
Information highlighting the importance and benefits, for employers (particularly those in employment sectors not classed as providing regulated activity) in obtaining a DBS basic check for their employees.
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Information for employers on checking EU, EEA and Swiss citizens’ right to work.
A Fraud and Error Prevention Service (FEPS) centre may review your benefits claim - check that a letter, phone call or text is genuine
Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.
Statistical notice about a change to the next release of income-related benefits: estimates of take-up official statistics.
If you're on a low income or out of work, Universal Credit supports you to find a job or increase the hours you work.
If you have a health condition or disability, you’ll have an assessment to work out how much Universal Credit you can get and what you need to do in return.
If you're an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you might need to tell HMRC and pay tax and National Insurance on them
Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status
Guidance for employers about DBS checks, including how to apply, registering with the DBS and the code of practice.
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