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• Employee rights when taking maternity and other types of parental leave

  Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal care or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy.
• Minimum wage for different types of work

  Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.

  • Overview

    The National Minimum Wage is worked out at an hourly rate, but it applies…

  • Paid by the hour

    Workers paid according to the number of hours they are at work are classed…

  • Paid an annual salary

    Most people paid an annual salary are classed as doing ‘salaried hours…

  • Paid per task or piece of work done

    Workers paid per task they perform or piece of work they do (known as…

  • Paid in other ways (unmeasured work)

    If the work is not covered by any of the other types of work, it’s…

• Freshwater rod fishing rules

  Follow national and local rules (byelaws) when freshwater fishing with a rod and line in England and Wales

  • Overview

    You must follow national and local rules (byelaws) when freshwater fishing…

  • When and where you can fish

    ‘Close seasons’ are seasons when you cannot fish for some types of fish on…

  • Fish size and catch limits

    You’re only allowed to keep a certain amount of the fish you catch. These…

  • Tackle you can use

    There are rules on how many rods you can use at a time, and the types of…

• Types of British nationality

  The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person
• Employment status

  Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
• Competent person scheme - current schemes and how schemes are authorised

  Find out about current competent person schemes to self-certify certain types of building work if you work in building as an installer.

  • Updated: 12 March 2018
• Register as a community amateur sports club (CASC)

  How to register as a community amateur sports club (CASC) - eligibility, tax relief, form CASC A1
• Private renting for tenants: evictions in England

  Landlords need to follow certain procedures when evicting tenants - find out about eviction notices, harassment and illegal evictions, and going to court
• Youth Mobility Scheme visa

  Apply for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa to live and work in the UK if you’re from a participating country - fees, eligibility, how to apply.
• Approved driving instructor (ADI) part 2 test

  Taking the approved driving instructor (ADI) part 2 test - what you need to bring and what happens during the test.