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Plan your retirement income - State Pension, improve your pension, pay National Insurance, check your State Pension age
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.
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.
Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
How to take an employer to a tribunal: the hearing, what happens if you lose your case, how to appeal.
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.
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
Download HMRC's free payroll software Basic PAYE Tools
Estimate your armed forces pension - get a forecast of your armed forces pension, apply online or by post
Employers must make reasonable adjustments to make sure workers with disabilities or health conditions are not substantially disadvantaged
Claim compensation if your employer is insolvent and you were not paid for your notice period
What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.
Claim up to £10,500 off your employer's National Insurance (NI), who is eligible, how to claim using your payroll software.
Working while taking your pension, State Pension age, retirement age, how long you can work, tax and national insurance, flexible working, discrimination
Employer calculator - calculate your employee’s statutory redundancy payment
'Defined contribution' and 'defined benefit' pension schemes - what they are and what you'll get from them
Home Responsibilities Protection ran between 1978 and 2010 to help protect your State Pension: National Insurance credits, what you'll get, eligibility and applying.
Running a business from home - insurance, business rates, expenses, tax allowances
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