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  • Making staff redundant

    Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay

  • What you must do as a Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) contractor

    What you have to do under the Construction Industry Scheme if you're a contractor - registering, filing returns, paying subcontractors and keeping records.

  • Night working hours

    The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions

  • Being taken to an employment tribunal

    What to do if you're an employer who has been taken to an employment tribunal. Find out about the hearing, what happens if you lose your case and how to appeal.

  • Transferring your pension

    Benefits and risks of transferring your pension pot or pension in payment within the UK or overseas

  • Tax on company benefits

    What company benefits you pay tax on - including company cars, low-interest loans and accommodation, and what company benefits are tax-free, such as childcare

  • Your rights if your employer is insolvent

    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

  • Career skills and training

    Find courses and training online with the National Careers Service and get advice on funding the costs of learning

  • Job offers: your rights

    Rights of employees when accepting conditional and unconditional job offers and about breach of contract

  • Checks employers can make on job applicants

    Checks employers might need to run on job applicants, including right to work in the UK, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS - formerly CRB) checks and health checks

  • Workplace temperatures

    There is no law for a minimum or maximum temperature, but during working hours the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings must be reasonable

  • Continuous employment

    Employees working for one employer without a break, employments rights for continuous services, breaks that do not affect continuous service

  • Part-time workers' rights

    Part-time workers should not be treated less favourably than full-time workers; employers' responsibilities and what part-time workers can do if they're treated unfairly

  • Plan your retirement income

    Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance

  • Handing in your notice

    What an employee needs to do when they resign from a job: how to give notice, notice period, payment arrangements, gardening leave, restrictive covenants

  • Overtime: your rights

    Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu

  • Find an internship

    Where to find internships and work placements.

  • Employers' liability insurance

    Your insurance must cover you for at least £5 million - check authorised insurers and how you can be fined

  • Joining a trade union

    Joining a union and getting recognition for collective bargaining and agreements - legal rules about membership, union reps and your rights

  • Check if you need to tell someone about your criminal record

    When to tell a potential employer, university, college or insurance company about a criminal record, when it becomes 'spent' and what shows up on a DBS check.