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Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
What your P45, P60 or P11D form is for, and how to get a copy if you cannot get it from your employer or have lost it.
Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods, postponing leave
Future Pension Centre contact details - for pension forecasts, statements, advice and enquiries.
Employers must make reasonable adjustments to make sure workers with disabilities or health conditions are not substantially disadvantaged
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.
Estimate your armed forces pension - get a forecast of your armed forces pension, apply online or by post
'Defined contribution' and 'defined benefit' pension schemes - what they are and what you'll get from them
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
Apply for a sponsor licence so you can sponsor foreign workers or students to come and work or study in the UK
Working while taking your pension, State Pension age, retirement age, how long you can work, tax and national insurance, flexible working, discrimination
Home Responsibilities Protection ran between 1978 and 2010 to help protect your State Pension: National Insurance credits, what you'll get, eligibility and applying.
Employer calculator - calculate your employee’s statutory redundancy payment
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
Documents you need when you get asked for a criminal record check when applying for a role
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
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Apply for an Overseas Domestic Worker visa if you've worked for your employer for at least a year - eligibility, fees, knowledge of English, your employment rights.
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