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Fit notes (formerly sick notes), holiday during sick leave, returning to work, long-term sick, dismissals
Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes.
Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.
Get an estimate of how much Pension Credit you may be entitled to
How to claim the basic State Pension and how it's calculated - for men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953.
Check if you were contracted out of the Additional State Pension and what it means for your State Pension
How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers.
What the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) is, work covered by the scheme and find out whether you should register as a contractor or subcontractor.
International Pension Centre contact details for pension enquiries if you've lived or worked abroad
Who can get National Insurance credits and how to apply or when to pay voluntary National Insurance contributions.
Find out what level of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check you can get for an employee you’re recruiting. Formerly a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.
National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.
Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods, postponing leave
Maternity or Paternity Leave or Pay, or Maternity Allowance for parents
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
Maternity Allowance is paid to pregnant women who do not get Statutory Maternity Pay - rate, eligibility, apply, form MA1
National Insurance contributions you can choose to pay when you have a gap in your National Insurance record.
Carer's Credit helps carers fill gaps in your National Insurance record to help you qualify for the State Pensions and other benefits - what you'll get, eligibility and how to claim
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