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…As the UK’s biggest public service department it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers.
The home of Disclosure and Barring Service on GOV.UK. The Disclosure and Barring Service helps employers make safer recruitment decisions.
The EU Settlement Scheme for EU citizens and their families to remain in the UK after it leaves the EU ('Brexit'): who's eligible, how to apply, how much it costs.
If you’re from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, you…
The deadline for most people to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme was 30…
You’ll be given either: settled status, usually where you’ve lived in the…
If you are from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, and…
If you have pre-settled status, you can usually switch to settled status…
Each child must have their own application. You can apply for your child…
You can apply as the family member of someone from the EU, Switzerland,…
You can apply if you have a family member who is an eligible person of…
For most people, you can no longer apply if you’re: a family member of a…
You can apply using any device, for example, a laptop, Android device or…
Who can sign (countersign) passport photos and application forms and what they need to do
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 …
Information and guidance on the Equality Act 2010, including age discrimination and public sector Equality Duty.
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
How to register your vehicle and the cost - new registrations, kit cars, rebuilds, radically altered vehicles, old and classic vehicles, vehicle identification numbers, Q plates
The legal alcohol limits for drivers in the UK - microgrammes, milligrammes
The Skilled Worker route is for employers to recruit people to work in the UK, including in UK waters, in a specific job. A Skilled Worker must have a job offer in an eligible skilled occupation from a Home Office-approved s…
Rights for interns and students in the workplace; work experience; work placements; rights to the National Minimum Wage.
Information on cryptosporidium including sources and routes of transmission, symptoms, and general hygiene advice to minimise the spread.
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
UK visa sponsorship information for employers - requirements, certificates and licences for Workers and Temporary Workers.
How to employ an apprentice, what's expected of you and what funding you can get.
Follow national and local rules (byelaws) when freshwater fishing with a rod and line in England and Wales
When you need an MOT for your vehicle, what it costs, what happens if your vehicle fails, and how to get mistakes on the MOT certificate fixed.
Find out when you have to pay Apprenticeship Levy and how to work out and report your payments.
Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.
This short report looks at the impact of the increase in National Minimum Wage rates in April 2024, and projects the National Living Wage rate for April 2025.
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