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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

• Your employment contract

  If you want to leave your job, check your employment contract to find out…

• Giving notice

  You must give at least a week’s notice if you’ve been in your job for more…

• Payment during your notice period

  You’ll usually get your normal pay rate during your notice period. If…

• Garden leave

  Your employer may ask you not to come into work, or to work at home or…

• Restrictive covenants

  There may be terms in your contract that says you cannot work for a…

Information for wholesale dealer licence holders about the medicines put on the UK market for UK patients that they cannot export or hoard.

• Updated: 28 June 2023

The rules to follow when moving animals within a restricted zone, including to markets, shows and slaughterhouses.

• Updated: 3 August 2026

How to apply for an exemption to use a restricted substance to manufacture electrical and electronic equipment.

• Updated: 23 February 2023

Apply for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa to live and work in the UK if you’re from a participating country - fees, eligibility, how to apply.

Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help

Apply for indefinite leave to remain if you have an Innovator Founder or Innovator visa - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.

Bringing in goods for personal use when you travel to the UK from abroad - types of tax and duty, duty free, EU and non-EU arrivals, banned and restricted goods.

Check if your company’s or group’s interest deductions for Corporation Tax will be restricted, and if you need to send a Corporate Interest Restriction return.

• Updated: 24 April 2026

Find a property and get its title plan, title register and see who owns it