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Part-time workers should not be treated less favourably than full-time workers; employers' responsibilities and what part-time workers can do if they're treated unfairly
Your insurance must cover you for at least £5 million - check authorised insurers and how you can be fined
Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance
Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
Use form SSP2 if you're an employer and need to record details of an employee's sickness absences for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP).
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.
Check your local council for advice on becoming a licensed chaperone for children in the entertainment, modelling or sports
When employers move, employees with mobility clauses, what happens with redundancies, compensation, disputes and company takeovers
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes
Employees can raise a grievance at work when an informal solution is not possible - grievance procedure, mediation, meetings, appeals
Grievances and disciplinary action at work can be solved by informal discussions, formal procedures, mediation, conciliation or arbitration.
Paying tax as a student - term-time jobs, holiday jobs, overseas students, jobs abroad, overpaying tax.
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended.
Personal data an employer can keep about an employee, and employee rights to see this information under data protection rules
You may need a child performance licence for any child taking part in a public performance, sporting event or modelling assignment
The rules for working on Sundays, opt in, opt out arrangements, rules for shop and betting shop workers
How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract
Your Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim and eligibility
Guidance for people of State Pension age living outside the UK who have been asked to return a Life Certificate.
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