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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
Your employer can ask you to stay at home or take unpaid leave if there’s…
Rate and length of statutory lay-off pay You’re entitled to guarantee pay…
You could apply for redundancy and claim redundancy pay if you’ve been…
You can take on another job while you’re laid off or on short-time (unless…
This consultation seeks views on different ways in which government and employers can take action to reduce ill health-related job loss.
How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing
The Chancellor will set out the case for reform across public services to unlock productivity
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
‘Budget for Long Term Growth’ sticks to the plan by delivering lower taxes, better public services and more investment, while increasing size of economy by 0.2% in 2028-29 and meeting fiscal rules – taking the long-term decisions needed to build...
This study shows that job loss significantly increases levels of anxiety, but not depression.
Government rewards hard work with record tax cut to National Insurance for 29 million workers
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
The government will introduce a plan to deliver the biggest ever cut in net migration and curb abuse of the immigration system.
Find out what steps you need to take before you calculate how much you can claim for furloughed and flexibly furloughed employees.
Information about the Civil Service job share finder, and other resources for staff interested in working as a partner in a job share.
How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract
The UK Government recently launched its Occupational Health Innovation Fund which has provided £1m funding to 10 projects to develop innovative new models of OH, using technology to improve the capacity and capability of OH providers and increase access for...
Being made redundant - rights, statutory payments you're entitled to, notice periods and consultation, finding a job.
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