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Workplace pensions and automatic enrolment - how you're affected, how pensions are protected, what happens if you move job or go on maternity leave and how to opt out
A workplace pension is a way of saving for your retirement that’s arranged…
All employers must provide a workplace pension scheme. This is called…
The amount you and your employer pay towards the pension depends on: what…
How your pension is protected depends on the type of scheme. Defined…
Your pension provider will send you a statement each year to tell you how…
If you change jobs Your workplace pension still belongs to you. If you do…
What you do if you want to leave a workplace pension depends on whether…
For questions about the specific terms of your workplace pension scheme,…
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
In employment law a person’s employment status helps determine: their…
A person is generally classed as a ‘worker’ if: they have a contract or…
An employee is someone who works under an employment contract. A person…
An employee shareholder is someone who works under an employment contract…
A person is self-employed if they run their business for themselves and…
Company directors run limited companies on behalf of shareholders.…
A person who’s been appointed to a position by a company or organisation…
A court or employment tribunal (known as an industrial tribunal in…
Employer guide to Statutory Neonatal Care Pay and Leave: eligibility, notice period, record keeping, getting help.
An employee may be eligible for Statutory Neonatal Care Pay and Leave if…
An employee must qualify for Neonatal Care Leave and Statutory Neonatal…
Employees must give notice for: Neonatal Care Leave Statutory Neonatal…
You must keep records of Statutory Neonatal Care Pay for HM Revenue and…
For financial help with statutory pay, you can: reclaim payments apply for…
When and how to pay tax if you get money from someone's pension pot after they die - including 'death in service' benefits
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay.
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
Employer guide to Statutory Paternity Pay or Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, forms SC3 and SPP1, recover statutory pay.
Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay
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