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Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is an unemployment benefit you can claim while looking for work - how to apply online, New Style Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), eligibility, rates, rapid reclaim, JSA interview, when payment…
Your Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) - how much you get, eligibility, how to claim SSP, fit notes, disputes.
Jobcentre Plus contact details for claims, appointments, help finding a job and finding your nearest Jobcentre Plus
Some older people can get free travel on local buses - contact your council to check your eligibility and apply for a bus pass
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Get help at work, including an Access to Work grant, if you have a disability or health condition - eligibility, how to apply.
Fit notes (formerly sick notes), holiday during sick leave, returning to work, long-term sick, dismissals
Get an estimate of how much Pension Credit you may be entitled to
International Pension Centre contact details for pension enquiries if you've lived or worked abroad
Check if your pay matches the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if your employer owes you payments from the previous year.
Advertise apprenticeships and manage applications using the apprenticeship service.
Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status
Additional State Pension, also known as the State Second Pension or SERPS, is extra money on top of your basic State Pension.
How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre
Maternity or Paternity Leave or Pay, or Maternity Allowance for parents
Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers
Taking up your State Pension later - what you'll get, how to defer, extra State Pension and lump sum payment.
Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.
Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.
Becoming an apprentice - what to expect, apprenticeship levels, pay and training, making an application, complaining about an apprenticeship.
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