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Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
When you start work, your employer should tell you how much you’ll be paid…
Knowing how to work out your weekly pay is important because it’s used to…
If your pay or working hours vary from week to week, the calculations for…
Your employer should base your performance-related pay on clear,…
Your employer is not allowed to make deductions unless: it’s required or…
Part-time workers should not be treated less favourably than full-time workers; employers' responsibilities and what part-time workers can do if they're treated unfairly
Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
If you have normal working hours, overtime usually means any time you work…
You only have to work overtime if your contract says so. Even if it does,…
Usually, part-time workers must not be treated less favourably than…
Time off in lieu (TOIL) Some employers give you time off instead of paying…
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
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
How to calculate your employee's Statutory Sick Pay if you cannot use the GOV.UK calculator.
Find out what steps you need to take before you calculate how much you can claim for furloughed and flexibly furloughed employees.
Find out how to manually calculate Statutory Maternity Pay if your payroll software or the GOV.UK calculator does not work out your employee’s payments.
Calculate how much you have to pay your furloughed employees for hours on furlough and how much you can claim back.
Apply for Carer's Allowance - money to help you look after someone who needs to be cared for. Apply online or use form DS700.
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
Paying tax as a student - term-time jobs, holiday jobs, overseas students, jobs abroad, overpaying tax.
What to do about tax and National Insurance if you pay an employee free of tax.
Regular payroll tasks - record employee pay, calculate deductions, give payslips, report to and pay HMRC, view the balance of what you owe HMRC.
What to do when paying maternity pay if an employee leaves, becomes sick, dies, or is awarded a pay rise.
Information about the Civil Service job share finder, and other resources for staff interested in working as a partner in a job share.
Guidance on the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage for organisations who offer work experience, including placements and internships.
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