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Employers must make reasonable adjustments to make sure workers with disabilities or health conditions are not substantially disadvantaged
Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods, postponing leave
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
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
Estimate your armed forces pension - get a forecast of your armed forces pension, apply online or by post
Whistleblowing - what it is, who to tell, what to expect and how to complain if you're treated unfairly.
Use the sponsor management system - employers sponsoring Worker and Temporary Worker visa holders
If you're over 80 you can get your State Pension topped up to £105.70 a week in 2025 to 2026 - for men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
Employer calculator - calculate your employee’s statutory redundancy payment
Tax you pay and tax relief you get on contributions to your private pension - annual allowance, lifetime allowance, apply for individual protection
Working while taking your pension, State Pension age, retirement age, how long you can work, tax and national insurance, flexible working, discrimination
'Defined contribution' and 'defined benefit' pension schemes - what they are and what you'll get from them
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.
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
Search for companies that can do Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks on your behalf (formerly Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks)
Documents you need when you get asked for a criminal record check when applying for a role
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
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