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You may need a child performance licence for any child taking part in a public performance, sporting event or modelling assignment
There is no law for a minimum or maximum temperature, but during working hours the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings must be reasonable
Accommodation provided by an employer can affect the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage: offset rates, accommodation charges.
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing.
Get information and advice on statutory redundancy pay in England, Scotland and Wales - telephone, opening hours
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…
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
Agricultural Sick Pay means you're paid wages while you're sick - can you get it, how to claim, what you'll get.
Career breaks - eligibility and notice periods, contract terms and conditions.
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
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
Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job
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
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.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing vouchers to employees
Information and advice about discrimination and human rights issues
Avoiding discrimination against disabled people in recruitment – advertising the job, encouraging applications, reasonable adjustments
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