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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

• Overview

  Your employer can ask you to stay at home or take unpaid leave if there’s…

• Guarantee pay

  Rate and length of statutory lay-off pay You’re entitled to guarantee pay…

• Applying for redundancy

  You could apply for redundancy and claim redundancy pay if you’ve been…

• Extra work or claiming benefits

  You can take on another job while you’re laid off or on short-time (unless…

How councils deal with complaints about noise at night, intruder alarms, construction noise and loudspeakers in the street.

• Updated: 21 December 2017

Find out how you should prepare for a telephone or video court or tribunal hearing and what to expect on the day.

• Updated: 23 July 2021

Traffic sign images for reproduction in printed matter, on screen or in other media.

• Updated: 17 January 2018

Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.

• Updated: 22 July 2019

Get help if you have difficulties claiming benefits and pensions because of a disability or health condition.

• Updated: 30 September 2025

A guide to organising a street party - telling your council, closing roads, getting insurance and licences

Check if you can supervise friends or family learning to drive a car, what the rules are, how to prepare the car, and how to plan your practice sessions.

• Updated: 1 November 2022

• Updated: 1 November 2021

This guide explains how impacts on noise should be incorporated into a cost benefit analysis.

• Updated: 19 December 2014