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Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
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
Find out if you're eligible for a State Pension from a European Economic Area country or Switzerland.
You can receive an unlimited fine for employing an illegal worker - find out what happens and what you can do
Find out about help you can get moving from benefits to work - training, work trials, starting your own business, help with drug or alcohol problems, carer support
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.
Use form SSP2 if you're an employer and need to record details of an employee's sickness absences for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP).
Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes
When employers move, employees with mobility clauses, what happens with redundancies, compensation, disputes and company takeovers
Employees can raise a grievance at work when an informal solution is not possible - grievance procedure, mediation, meetings, appeals
Rights for interns and students in the workplace; work experience; work placements; rights to the National Minimum Wage.
How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract
Grievances and disciplinary action at work can be solved by informal discussions, formal procedures, mediation, conciliation or arbitration.
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended.
The rules for working on Sundays, opt in, opt out arrangements, rules for shop and betting shop workers
Your Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim and eligibility
Check your local council for advice on becoming a licensed chaperone for children in the entertainment, modelling or sports
Where you can work, your rights, healthcare, tax and National Insurance payments.
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Personal data an employer can keep about an employee, and employee rights to see this information under data protection rules
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