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Claim compensation if your employer is insolvent and you were not paid for your notice period
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.
Employers must make reasonable adjustments to make sure workers with disabilities or health conditions are not substantially disadvantaged
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
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
Download HMRC's free payroll software Basic PAYE Tools
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
Claim capital allowances so your business pays less tax when you buy assets - equipment, fixtures, business cars, plant and machinery, annual investment allowance, first-year allowances.
Small businesses can record income and expenses when money is actually paid rather than when they've invoiced or received
Whistleblowing - what it is, who to tell, what to expect and how to complain if you're treated unfairly.
Records and paperwork you must keep if you're self-employed as a sole trader or partner in a business: income, costs, profit, how long to keep records.
Claim up to £10,500 off your employer's National Insurance (NI), who is eligible, how to claim using your payroll software.
Use a simpler calculation to work out income tax for your vehicle, home and business premises expenses
Apply for a sponsor licence so you can sponsor foreign workers or students to come and work or study in the UK
What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
'Defined contribution' and 'defined benefit' pension schemes - what they are and what you'll get from them
Tax you pay and tax relief you get on contributions to your private pension - annual allowance, lifetime allowance, apply for individual protection
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
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