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Claim up to £5,000 off your employer's National Insurance (NI), who is eligible, how to claim using your payroll software
Plan your retirement income - State Pension, improve your pension, pay National Insurance, check your State Pension age
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…
Winter Fuel Payment helps older people with their heating bills - claim form, how much you get, eligibility
Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
How to take an employer to a tribunal: the hearing, what happens if you lose your case, how to appeal.
Claim money if you've lost your job because your employer has been made insolvent
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
Apply for a sponsor licence so you can sponsor foreign workers or students to come and work or study in the UK
What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.
There is no law for a minimum or maximum temperature, but during working hours the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings must be reasonable
If you're an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you might need to tell HMRC and pay tax and National Insurance on them
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
Claim capital allowances so your business pays less tax when you buy assets - equipment, fixtures, business cars, plant and machinery, annual investment allowance, first year allowances.
Download HMRC's free payroll software Basic PAYE Tools
Estimate your armed forces pension - get a forecast of your armed forces pension, apply online or by post
'Defined contribution' and 'defined benefit' pension schemes - what they are and what you'll get from them
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy
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