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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.
Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance
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
Your Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim and eligibility
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
Employees can raise a grievance at work when an informal solution is not possible - grievance procedure, mediation, meetings, appeals
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Rights of employees when accepting conditional and unconditional job offers and about breach of contract
How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract
Personal data an employer can keep about an employee, and employee rights to see this information under data protection rules
Employment rights and questions you can be asked about your disability - disability symbol, employment advisers and reasonable adjustments
What an employee needs to do when they resign from a job: how to give notice, notice period, payment arrangements, gardening leave, restrictive covenants
Disciplinary procedures your employer has at work - disciplinary hearings, appeals, suspension, dismissal and help and advice
Get information and advice on statutory redundancy pay in England, Scotland and Wales - telephone, opening hours
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
Accommodation provided by an employer can affect the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage: offset rates, accommodation charges.
Apply for an Overseas Domestic Worker visa if you've worked for your employer for at least a year - eligibility, fees, knowledge of English, your employment rights.
Rights for interns and students in the workplace; work experience; work placements; rights to the National Minimum Wage.
Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments
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