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If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice
Your employer is insolvent if it cannot pay its debts. They might: make…
You have different rights depending on whether your employer: makes you…
What money you’re entitled to depends on: how long you were employed what…
You’re eligible to apply if: you were an employee you’re a UK or EEA…
It usually takes up to 6 weeks to get your payment but can take longer.…
Calculate how much statutory redundancy you can get based on age, weekly pay and number of years in the job
Use this if your payroll software or the GOV.UK calculator does not calculate your employee’s payments.
Using Compromise Agreements if your employee stops working for you and has a potential claim against you for statutory pay as wages or salary.
This guidance is for company directors who are claiming redundancy related payments from the Insolvency Service.
Employer calculator - calculate your employee’s statutory redundancy payment
What to do about tax and National Insurance if you pay an employee free of tax.
Find out about tax avoidance schemes that use remuneration trusts to reduce profits and disguise income.
Find out how to manually calculate Statutory Maternity Pay if your payroll software or the GOV.UK calculator does not work out your employee’s payments.
Employer guide to Statutory Sick Pay - SSP rates, form SSP1, eligibility, fit notes (formerly sick notes), recover statutory pay.
Calculate the deemed employment payment for private sector engagements where the off-payroll working rules (often known as IR35) apply.
An explanation of how holiday entitlement and pay operate during the pandemic, where it differs from the standard holiday entitlement and pay guidance.
Find out about different rules for entitlement for some employment types like agency workers, directors and educational workers.
HM Revenue and Customs is aware of a scheme that claims to avoid tax by using job boards and loyalty points paid by a third party.
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
Information on measures introduced by the government to tackle late and unfair payment practices in both public and private sectors.
How to calculate your employee's Statutory Sick Pay if you cannot use the GOV.UK calculator.
Reclaim Statutory Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Parental Bereavement Pay and Shared Parental Pay, find out about Small Employers’ Relief and get help if you cannot afford payments.
Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments
It is illegal for your employer to pay you below the National Living Wage, so check your pay and talk to your manager to make sure you’re getting the wages you are entitled to.
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