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  • Holiday entitlement

    Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes

  • Pension Credit calculator

    Get an estimate of how much Pension Credit you may be entitled to

  • Use the Employer Checking Service

    Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status

  • Taking sick leave

    Fit notes (formerly sick notes), holiday during sick leave, returning to work, long-term sick, dismissals

  • Criminal record checks when you apply for a role

    Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.

  • Voluntary National Insurance

    National Insurance contributions you can choose to pay when you have a gap in your National Insurance record.

  • The basic State Pension

    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.

  • Winter Fuel Payment

    Winter Fuel Payment helps older people with their heating bills - claim form, how much you get, eligibility

  • Contracted out of the Additional State Pension

    Check if you were contracted out of the Additional State Pension and what it means for your State Pension

  • Check someone's criminal record as an employer

    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.

  • Check if you can get Maternity or Paternity Leave or Pay, or Maternity Allowance

    Maternity or Paternity Leave or Pay, or Maternity Allowance for parents

  • Rest breaks at work

    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.

  • Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)

    What the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) is, work covered by the scheme and find out whether you should register as a contractor or subcontractor.

  • National Insurance: introduction

    National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.

  • National Insurance credits

    Who can get National Insurance credits and how to apply or when to pay voluntary National Insurance contributions.

  • Maternity Allowance

    Maternity Allowance is paid to pregnant women who do not get Statutory Maternity Pay - rate, eligibility, apply, form MA1

  • Carer's Credit

    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

  • Become an apprentice

    Becoming an apprentice - what to expect, apprenticeship levels, pay and training, making an application, complaining about an apprenticeship.

  • Find out which DBS check is right for your employee

    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.

  • Tax when you get a pension

    Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.