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If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice

• Overview

  Your employer is insolvent if it cannot pay its debts. They might: make…

• Your rights

  You have different rights depending on whether your employer: makes you…

• What you can get

  What money you’re entitled to depends on: how long you were employed what…

• Apply for money you're owed

  You’re eligible to apply if: you were an employee you’re a UK or EEA…

• After you apply

  It usually takes up to 6 weeks to get your payment but can take longer.…

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

• Overview

  When you take time off to have a baby you might be eligible for: Statutory…

• Leave

  Statutory Maternity Leave is 52 weeks. It’s made up of: Ordinary Maternity…

• Pay

  Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is paid for up to 39 weeks. You get: 90% of…

• Eligibility

  Statutory Maternity Leave You qualify for Statutory Maternity Leave if:…

• How to claim

  Statutory Maternity Leave At least 15 weeks before your due date, tell…

• Extra help

  Maternity benefits Use a benefits calculator to see what help you can get…

How to apply for British citizenship if you're stateless - who's eligible, fees and where to send your application.

• Overview and fees

  You may be eligible to apply to ‘register’ as a British citizen if you’re…

• You were born on or after 1 January 1983

  How you apply depends on where you were born. You were born in the UK or a…

• You were born before 1 January 1983

  Read the guidance to check if you can apply. Fill in the form to apply…

• After you’ve applied

  You’ll get a letter confirming your application. It can take up to 4…

Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal care or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy.

How to decide what your charity’s purposes are and write them in the ‘objects’ clause of your governing document.

• Updated: 4 November 2014

Apply for a Scale-up Worker visa if you’ve been offered a skilled job with a fast-growing UK employer - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.

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

How to set out your charity's purposes and rules in its governing document, how to start using it and how to change it.

• Updated: 11 December 2014

Workplace pensions - what employers have to do, automatic enrolment, ongoing duties, stakeholder pensions

Visiting a prisoner: visiting times, keeping in touch by email, telephone or letter, banned items and sending money to a prisoner by debit card or online bank transfer