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Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods, postponing leave
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
Home Responsibilities Protection ran between 1978 and 2010 to help protect your State Pension - National Insurance credits, what you'll get, eligibility and applying.
There is no law for a minimum or maximum temperature, but during working hours the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings must be reasonable
Legal rights for pregnant employees - including paid time off for antenatal appointments, maternity leave and pay, protection against discrimination and telling the employer about the pregnancy.
Apply for a sponsor licence so you can sponsor foreign workers or students to come and work or study in the UK
'Defined contribution' and 'defined benefit' pension schemes - what they are and what you'll get from them
Working while taking your pension, State Pension age, retirement age, how long you can work, tax and national insurance, flexible working, discrimination
Claim compensation if your employer is insolvent and you were not paid for your notice period
Estimate your armed forces pension - get a forecast of your armed forces pension, apply online or by post
Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes
Employer calculator - calculate your employee’s statutory redundancy payment
Employers must make reasonable adjustments to make sure workers with disabilities or health conditions are not substantially disadvantaged
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal care or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy.
Employers can use the 'Find a job’ service to advertise jobs online
Personal pensions, stakeholder pensions, SIPPs
Taking early retirement can affect the pension and benefits you get
When and how to pay tax if you get money from someone's pension pot after they die - including 'death in service' benefits
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
Use the sponsor management system - employers sponsoring Worker and Temporary Worker visa holders
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