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Use form SSP2 if you're an employer and need to record details of an employee's sickness absences for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP).
Appeal a mistake on a criminal record check certificate or appeal a decision on DBS's list of people who are barred from certain roles
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
For additional information you cannot fit on your Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application form.
As an agency worker, you have certain rights when using temp, recruitment agencies or employment agencies to find work - pay, holidays, equal treatment, fees.
Compensation Recovery Unit forms for use by compensators (eg insurers) and their representatives (eg solicitors).
If there is a mistake on your DBS certificate, the forms and guidance explain what you need to do.
Guidance for people of State Pension age living outside the UK who have been asked to return a Life Certificate.
Where possible, you should make barring referrals using the online Barring Referral Service. If you need to make your referral by paper, guidance and forms are below.
Check if you’re paying a worker the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if you owe them payments for the previous year.
Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination
Career breaks - eligibility and notice periods, contract terms and conditions.
Set up a Payroll Giving scheme for your employees using PAYE - when to make deductions, costs of running the scheme, which charities are eligible and what they must do when they get the donation
Employer's responsibilities during the process of union recognition.
An employer can suspend an employee from work if their health and safety is in danger - employee right to pay, alternative work and how to handle problems
How to make debt deductions from an employee's pay because of an 'attachment of earnings order' (AEO) from a court. Includes information from the withdrawn A/E guidance.
Taking time off work for public duties (for example as a magistrate, school governor or on jury service) - rights and responsibilities for employees and employers
Information and advice about discrimination and human rights issues
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