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Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
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This guide has been produced to assist government and public sector organisations with writing agency briefs when buying communications and marketing services.
As an agency worker, you have certain rights when using temp, recruitment agencies or employment agencies to find work - pay, holidays, equal treatment, fees.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides lists of English-speaking lawyers abroad to help British nationals find the legal support they need.
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Writers Guild of Great Britain trade union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
Rules covering how entertainment and modelling agencies work; charging fees and refunds for for finding work
Information for potential suppliers about Skills Bootcamps including how to qualify onto, and bid for contracts through the dynamic purchasing system (DPS).
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The Commission was established on 17 July 2015 to review the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and was dissolved on 11 March 2016.
The Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation reviews the operation of the UK’s laws on terrorism, and writes up the findings and recommendations in regular reports. These reports are then laid before Parliament, to inform the public and political debate. Independent...
The Society of Authors trade union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
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