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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
When debt payments can be taken from your wages, changing how much you pay, paying it off early, and reporting a change to your circumstances
What to expect during a phone call from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Performance Measurement team.
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
Severe Disablement Allowance is being phased out - people with severe disabilities can get Employment and Support Allowance instead
Invoicing and taking payment from customers, what invoices must include, VAT invoices, sole trader invoices, limited company invoices, payment options, charging for late payment, chargebacks
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
Contact your local council to appeal against a Housing Benefit decision
Find out what benefits you might be able to receive while you’re abroad and how to export them from the UK or claim them while abroad
Care to Learn helps pay for childcare while you're studying - how to apply, money you get, courses that qualify, eligibility
You may be able to get a one-off payment if you've been diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma, and your exposure to asbestos happened in the UK
What happens to benefits if you or someone in your family goes to prison or is on remand.
If you cannot use the online service to apply for a Budgeting Loan, you can do it by post using this application form.
Use this form to claim Bereavement Support Payment.
Agricultural Sick Pay means you're paid wages while you're sick - can you get it, how to claim, what you'll get
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 In…
Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job
Guidance and order forms for healthcare professionals who need to order pre-printed medical evidence forms from DWP.
What to do if someone you know is having issues with their benefits: the ways you can manage their claim and how to call a helpline to ask for help.
Workplace pensions - what employers have to do, automatic enrolment, ongoing duties, stakeholder pensions
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