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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.
What you can expect from your employer and what your responsibilities are as an employee. What to do if you think you are being treated unfairly at work.
Dismissal is when your employer ends your employment - reasons you can be dismissed, unfair and constructive dismissal and what to do if you're dismissed
Dismissal is when your employer ends your employment - they do not always…
There are some situations when your employer can dismiss you fairly. Not…
In certain situations, you may be able to take legal action if you’re…
If you’re threatened with dismissal (or are dismissed) you can get help…
Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job
How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing
Information about the Civil Service job share finder, and other resources for staff interested in working as a partner in a job share.
Tips at work do not count towards the National Minimum Wage - tips and tax, what your employer has to do, advice and help, cash in hand payments
Use a job applicant's share code to check they're eligible to work in the UK if they’re from outside the UK and Ireland.
Find out how to prove your right to work in the UK to an employer. Get an online share code to prove your right to work if you’re eligible or check what documents you can use instead.
How to offer work to people arriving in the UK from Ukraine.
Rights of employees when accepting conditional and unconditional job offers and about breach of contract
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.
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy
Get help at work, including an Access to Work grant, if you have a disability or health condition - eligibility, how to apply.
Employers might monitor workers, but if the monitoring involves taking data, images or drug testing they have to do this in a way that's legal and fair
Travel disruption and work - employee rights, employer rights, paid and unpaid holiday entitlement, winter weather
How and why you should conduct a right to work check.
How to work out National Insurance contributions if your employee has more than 1 job.
Checks employers might need to run on job applicants, including right to work in the UK, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS - formerly CRB) checks and health checks
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
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