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Your Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave - eligibility, what you get, how to claim.
How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre
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.
International Pension Centre contact details for pension enquiries if you've lived or worked abroad
Tell HMRC if you've stopped being self-employed, or you're ending or leaving a business partnership - responsibilities, tax returns, letting any employees know.
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Being made redundant - rights, statutory payments you're entitled to, notice periods and consultation, finding a job.
National Insurance contributions if you're self-employed - rates and exceptions.
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.
Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code
Taking up your State Pension later - what you'll get, how to defer, extra State Pension and lump sum payment.
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
Check if your pay matches the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if your employer owes you payments from the previous year.
Find out if, and how, you need to register with HMRC when you start employing people.
Records and paperwork you must keep if you're self-employed as a sole trader or partner in a business: income, costs, profit, how long to keep records.
Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods, postponing leave
Claim money if you've lost your job because your employer has been made insolvent
How to pay Class 2 self-employed National Insurance contributions - online, bank transfer, cheque, payslips.
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 spli…
Getting help with tax returns, allowances, tax codes, filling in forms and what to do if you owe HMRC
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