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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
Your employer can ask you to stay at home or take unpaid leave if there’s…
Rate and length of statutory lay-off pay You’re entitled to guarantee pay…
You could apply for redundancy and claim redundancy pay if you’ve been…
You can take on another job while you’re laid off or on short-time (unless…
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
Redundancy is when you dismiss an employee because you no longer need…
You should take steps to avoid compulsory redundancies, for example by:…
You can lay off an employee (ask them to stay at home or take unpaid…
Voluntary redundancy This is where you ask employees if they’d like to…
If you decide you need to make compulsory redundancies, you must: identify…
If you do not consult employees in a redundancy situation, any…
You must give staff notice and agree a leaving date once you’ve finished…
Employees you make redundant might be entitled to redundancy pay - this is…
If you make staff redundant, you may give them a ‘termination payment’.…
If you have to make redundancies, Jobcentre Plus can give you and your…
How a prisoner is released - including Parole Board hearings, resettlement schemes and temporary release on licence
When a prisoner is released depends on: the length of their sentence their…
A prisoner may be allowed to leave prison for short periods towards the…
All prisoners get help preparing for life when they leave prison. In the…
A person leaving prison may get the following financial support: Universal…
Apply for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa if you've been awarded a qualification by an eligible university in the last 5 years - eligibility, fees, documents, switch, bring your partner and children
Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members
Apply to study English language in the UK with a Short-term study visa (6 to 11 months). Check fees, eligibility, documents you need and how to apply.
How to declare goods that are short shipped on import at temporary storage locations.
Apply for a Minister of Religion visa (T2) if you've been offered a job in a faith community - eligibility, extend or switch, knowledge of English, bring your family
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Portugal and how to get one if you do.
FCDO travel advice for Germany. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
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