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Rights of employees when accepting conditional and unconditional job offers and about breach of contract
You can receive an unlimited fine for employing an illegal worker - find out what happens and what you can do
If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice
The Work and Health Programme helps you find and keep a job if you're out of work - eligibility, how to claim.
Checks employers might need to run on job applicants, including right to work in the UK, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS - formerly CRB) checks and health checks
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance
Check your local council for advice on becoming a licensed chaperone for children in the entertainment, modelling or sports
Your Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim and eligibility
How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract
Grievances and disciplinary action at work can be solved by informal discussions, formal procedures, mediation, conciliation or arbitration.
Rights for interns and students in the workplace; work experience; work placements; rights to the National Minimum Wage.
The rules for working on Sundays, opt in, opt out arrangements, rules for shop and betting shop workers
Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes
When to tell a potential employer, university, college or insurance company about a criminal record, when it becomes 'spent' and what shows up on a DBS check.
Where you can work, your rights, healthcare, tax and National Insurance payments.
Check if you’re paying a worker the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if you owe them payments for the previous year.
Find out if you're eligible for a State Pension from a European Economic Area country or Switzerland.
When employers move, employees with mobility clauses, what happens with redundancies, compensation, disputes and company takeovers
Employees can raise a grievance at work when an informal solution is not possible - grievance procedure, mediation, meetings, appeals
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