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Get information and advice on statutory redundancy pay in England, Scotland and Wales - telephone, opening hours
Accommodation provided by an employer can affect the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage: offset rates, accommodation charges.
DBS barring referral form to be used when referring a person to DBS. Guidance and additional information sheet included.
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
Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job
Find out about help you can get moving from benefits to work - training, work trials, starting your own business, help with drug or alcohol problems, carer support
The rules for working on Sundays, opt in, opt out arrangements, rules for shop and betting shop workers
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 pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing vouchers to employees
Agricultural Sick Pay means you're paid wages while you're sick - can you get it, how to claim, what you'll get
Check if you’ll pay tax or National Insurance on the 'termination payment' you may get when leaving a job.
There is no law for a minimum or maximum temperature, but during working hours the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings must be reasonable
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
Guidance for people of State Pension age living outside the UK who have been asked to return a Life Certificate.
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.
Information and advice about discrimination and human rights issues
Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination
As an agency worker, you have certain rights when using temp, recruitment agencies or employment agencies to find work - pay, holidays, equal treatment, fees.
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