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Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
When you take time off to have a baby you might be eligible for: Statutory…
Statutory Maternity Leave is 52 weeks. It’s made up of: Ordinary Maternity…
Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is paid for up to 39 weeks. You get: 90% of…
Statutory Maternity Leave You qualify for Statutory Maternity Leave if:…
Statutory Maternity Leave At least 15 weeks before your due date, tell…
Maternity benefits Use a benefits calculator to see what help you can get…
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.
Apply for indefinite leave to remain if you have an Innovator Founder or Innovator visa - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
You may be eligible for indefinite leave to remain if you have an…
Before you can apply, you must show an approved body that you’ve grown…
Your partner and children can apply at the same time if they’re eligible.…
You should apply during the last month of your current permission to be in…
You’ll usually get a decision within 6 months. If you paid to use the…
When an employee leaves or retires, update your payroll, give the employee a P45.
Find out what you should do if you are leaving or have recently left the armed forces.
Landlords need to follow certain procedures when evicting tenants - find out about eviction notices, harassment and illegal evictions, and going to court.
How a prisoner is released - including Parole Board hearings, resettlement schemes and temporary release on licence
Leaving foster or local council care - support from your council, review meetings and financial help
The age you can leave school in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
The law does not say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it's an offence to leave a child alone if it puts them at risk
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