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Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
Flexible working is a way of working that suits an employee’s needs, for…
There are different ways of working flexibly. Job sharing Two people do…
Employees can apply for flexible working from their first day in a job.…
Employers must consider flexible working requests in a ‘reasonable…
Employees no longer have a statutory right to an appeal but may still be…
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy
Rights of employees when accepting conditional and unconditional job offers and about breach of contract
Working time directive and maximum weekly working hours including how to calculate your weekly working hours and working time limits if you're a young worker.
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Germany and how to get one if you do.
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in France and how to get one if you do.
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
Guidance for reservists and their employers about what happens before, during and after mobilisation, applying to delay or cancel mobilisation, getting financial assistance, reservists' rights during redundancy
Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Switzerland and how to get one if you do.
Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers
Find out what steps you need to take before you calculate how much you can claim for furloughed and flexibly furloughed employees.
Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members
Calculate how much you have to pay your furloughed employees for hours on furlough and how much you can claim back.
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
Apply for a Temporary Work – International Agreement visa if you're working under international law (including diplomatic households) - extend or switch, family members
Information for job sharers and managers about the process for recruiting for and the practicalities of managing a partnership.
The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions
Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job
Holiday calculator to work out statutory holiday leave in days or hours
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