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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
How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing.
Appeal a mistake on a criminal record check certificate or appeal a decision on DBS's list of people who are barred from certain roles
Where you can work, your rights, healthcare, tax and National Insurance payments.
Accommodation provided by an employer can affect the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage: offset rates, accommodation charges.
The employment status of au pairs, nannies, carers, personal assistants and other people who work in your home - how to tell if they're an employee or not, what happens with the National Minimum Wage, tax and National In…
Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job
Agricultural Sick Pay means you're paid wages while you're sick - can you get it, how to claim, what you'll get.
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
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
Career breaks - eligibility and notice periods, contract terms and conditions.
Register your details to receive alerts about career opportunities in international organisations (like the United Nations or European institutions).
Employers might monitor workers, but if the monitoring involves taking data, images or drug testing they have to do this in a way that's legal and fair
Information and advice about discrimination and human rights issues
An employer can suspend an employee from work if their health and safety is in danger - employee right to pay, alternative work and how to handle problems
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.
As an agency worker, you have certain rights when using temp, recruitment agencies or employment agencies to find work - pay, holidays, equal treatment, fees.
Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination
Check if you’ll pay tax or National Insurance on the 'termination payment' you may get when leaving a job.
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