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What an employee needs to do when they resign from a job: how to give notice, notice period, payment arrangements, gardening leave, restrictive covenants
If you want to leave your job, check your employment contract to find out…
You must give at least a week’s notice if you’ve been in your job for more…
You’re entitled to your normal pay rate during your notice period,…
Your employer may ask you not to come into work, or to work at home or…
There may be terms in your contract that says you can’t work for a…
Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members
You can apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange visa…
You must: have a certificate of sponsorship or sponsorship reference…
When you apply you’ll need to provide: your certificate of sponsorship…
Read the full guidance before you apply. Apply from outside the UK You…
Your partner and children can also apply to join you or stay in the UK as…
You can apply to extend your Temporary Work – Government Authorised…
You can apply to change (‘switch’) to a Temporary Work – Government…
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Malta 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
Employment rates for different ethnic groups in England, Wales and Scotland.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Sweden and how to get one if you do.
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
Agricultural Sick Pay means you're paid wages while you're sick - can you get it, how to claim, what you'll get
Find out what steps you need to take before you calculate how much you can claim for furloughed and flexibly furloughed employees.
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