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Find out how you can still register with Ofsted if you provide childcare immediately before or after school for less than 2 hours in a day.

• Updated: 19 February 2020

Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu

• Overview

  If you have normal working hours, overtime usually means any time you work…

• Compulsory overtime

  You only have to work overtime if your contract says so. Even if it does,…

• Part-time workers

  Usually, part-time workers must not be treated less favourably than…

• Time off and paid leave

  Time off in lieu (TOIL) Some employers give you time off instead of paying…

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

• Overview

  You can apply for a Minister of Religion visa (T2) if: you’ve been offered…

• Eligibility

  You need to: have a certificate of sponsorship for your job prove your…

• Knowledge of English

  You may need to prove your knowledge of the English language when you…

• Documents you'll need

  When you apply you’ll need to provide: your certificate of sponsorship…

• Apply from outside the UK

  You must apply online for a Minister of Religion visa (T2). Check which…

• Your partner and children

  Your partner and children can also apply to join you or stay in the UK as…

• Extend your visa

  You may be able to apply to extend your stay in the UK under a Minister of…

• Switch to this visa

  You might be able to apply to change (‘switch’) to a Minister of Religion…

• Taking a second job

  You can take a second job on this visa if you’re working up to 20 hours a…

The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions

Highpoint is a men’s prison in Newmarket, Suffolk.

• Updated: 16 September 2025

Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.

Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.

Rochester is a prison and young offender institution for men over 18 in Rochester, Kent.

• Updated: 30 October 2025

Check what type of drivers' hours rules you need to follow if you drive a goods vehicle or a bus or coach.

Apply for a boatmasters' licence to run a passenger-carrying or non-passenger carrying commercial vessel - apply, replace, renew or upgrade your licence