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• Expenses and benefits: compensation for injuries at work

  Tax and reporting rules for employers providing compensation for injuries at work
• Minimum wage for different types of work

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

  • Overview

    The National Minimum Wage is worked out at an hourly rate, but it applies…

  • Paid by the hour

    Workers paid according to the number of hours they are at work are classed…

  • Paid an annual salary

    Most people paid an annual salary are classed as doing ‘salaried hours…

  • Paid per task or piece of work done

    Workers paid per task they perform or piece of work they do (known as…

  • Paid in other ways (unmeasured work)

    If the work is not covered by any of the other types of work, it’s…

• Employment contracts

  A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements

  • Overview

    All employees have an employment contract with their employer. A contract…

  • Contract terms

    The legal parts of a contract are known as ‘terms’. An employer should…

  • Collective agreements

    An employer may have an agreement with employees’ representatives (from…

  • Written statement of employment particulars

    An employer must give employees and workers a document stating the main…

  • Problems with a written statement

    If an employee or worker has a problem receiving their written statement,…

• Compensation after an accident or injury

  How to get compensation if you've been injured as a result of an accident or injury when someone else is to blame.
• Criminal injuries compensation: a guide

  A guide to applying for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.

  • Updated: 1 May 2025
• Get compensation for health problems caused by mining

  Claim compensation for coal workers' pneumoconiosis (‘black lung’) if you worked as a miner for the British Coal or National Coal Board - find out how to claim for other conditions such as vibration white finger (VWF), chronic obstructive pulmonary...
• Tips at work

  Tips at work do not count towards the National Minimum Wage - tips and tax, what your employer has to do, advice and help, cash in hand payments
• Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 and 2008 Mesothelioma Scheme

  Ad hoc statistical analysis 2011 quarter 2: Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 and 2008 Mesothelioma Scheme.

  • Updated: 12 April 2011
• Understanding your pay

  Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
• Compensation for victims of modern slavery and human trafficking

  Get compensation if you've been injured, a victim of crime or because of unfair working conditions