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Getting a work reference from an employer either while in work or when applying for a new job – and what you can do if you think it's unfair.
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.
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
As an agency worker, you have certain rights when using temp, recruitment agencies or employment agencies to find work - pay, holidays, equal treatment, fees.
The employment status of au pairs, nannies, carers, personal assistants and other people who work in your home - how to tell if they're an employee or not, what happens with the National Minimum Wage, tax and National Insurance, what...
Rights for interns and students in the workplace; work experience; work placements; rights to the National Minimum Wage.
Guidance on employment status for HR advisers, and to help individuals and businesses understand which employment rights apply to them.
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Being made redundant - rights, statutory payments you're entitled to, notice periods and consultation, finding a job.
Find out about agricultural workers' pay and working conditions, labour laws, and health and safety laws.
Use the online form to complain about not being paid the National Minimum Wage, employment agencies, gangmasters or working hours.
How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
Guidance for reservists and their employers about what happens before, during and after mobilisation, applying to delay or cancel mobilisation, getting financial assistance, reservists' rights during redundancy
The rights of agricultural and farm workers - including pay rates, agricultural minimum wage, overtime, holiday leave, rest breaks, help and advice
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