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What the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) is, work covered by the scheme and find out whether you should register as a contractor or subcontractor.
How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
Maternity Allowance is paid to pregnant women who do not get Statutory Maternity Pay - rate, eligibility, apply, form MA1
Plan your retirement income - State Pension, improve your pension, pay National Insurance, check your State Pension age
Carer's Credit helps carers fill gaps in your National Insurance record to help you qualify for the State Pensions and other benefits - what you'll get, eligibility and how to claim
Workplace pensions and automatic enrolment - how you're affected, how pensions are protected, what happens if you move job or go on maternity leave and how to opt out
Being made redundant - rights, statutory payments you're entitled to, notice periods and consultation, finding a job.
Winter Fuel Payment helps older people with their heating bills - claim form, how much you get, eligibility
What your P45, P60 or P11D form is for, and how to get a copy if you cannot get it from your employer or have lost it.
Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
Your Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave - eligibility, what you get, how to claim.
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Working time directive and maximum weekly working hours including how to calculate your weekly working hours and working time limits if you're a young worker.
Find out what level of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check you can get for an employee you’re recruiting. Formerly a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.
Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and split…
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
How to take an employer to a tribunal: the hearing, what happens if you lose your case, how to appeal.
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