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If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice
Your employer is insolvent if it cannot pay its debts. They might: make…
You have different rights depending on whether your employer: makes you…
What money you’re entitled to depends on: how long you were employed what…
You’re eligible to apply if: you were an employee you’re a UK or EEA…
It usually takes up to 6 weeks to get your payment but can take longer.…
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work.
Having the right type of intellectual property protection helps you to…
Protecting your intellectual property makes it easier to take legal action…
Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling.
Someone can choose you to make and carry out certain decisions on their…
As someone’s attorney or deputy you must: give them all the help they need…
A person may not have mental capacity because of a problem with the way…
What you must do by law with a deductions from earnings order (DEO or AEO) to make child maintenance deductions from your employee's pay.
Consultations and documents from Make Work Pay, a government initiative on labour market reform.
The Parole Board decides whether prisoners who are serving certain types of sentences can be released.
Appeal against your local planning authority’s decision on a planning application - who can appeal, documents you need and how long it takes.
How to apply to the Court of Protection to make a will for someone who is not able to make one themselves, what forms to use, how much it costs and how the court decides
Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) and deducting any money an employee owes the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) from their pay
How to get access to MHRA submissions portals, how to use them, where to go for help.
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