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You can use this form to make an application to work flexibly under the right provided in law to eligible employees.
Rights for interns and students in the workplace; work experience; work placements; rights to the National Minimum Wage.
The rules for working on Sundays, opt in, opt out arrangements, rules for shop and betting shop workers
Accommodation provided by an employer can affect the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage: offset rates, accommodation charges.
Disciplinary procedures your employer has at work - disciplinary hearings, appeals, suspension, dismissal and help and advice
How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
You may need a child performance licence for any child taking part in a public performance, sporting event or modelling assignment
The law on smoking in the workplace and what businesses must do to prevent smoking at work
Guidance for people of State Pension age living outside the UK who have been asked to return a Life Certificate.
How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing
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…
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
Check your local council for advice on becoming a licensed chaperone for children in the entertainment, modelling or sports
Find out about help you can get moving from benefits to work - training, work trials, starting your own business, help with drug or alcohol problems, carer support
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
Get information and advice on statutory redundancy pay in England, Scotland and Wales - telephone, opening hours
What you can do if an employee is called up for jury service, and how to sort out their pay or help them claim an allowance
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
Check if you’ll pay tax or National Insurance on the 'termination payment' you may get when leaving a job.
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