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Search for companies that can do Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks on your behalf (formerly Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks)
Reclaim Statutory Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Parental Bereavement Pay and Shared Parental Pay, find out about Small Employers’ Relief and get help if you cannot afford payments.
Claim up to £5,000 off your employer's National Insurance (NI), who is eligible, how to claim using your payroll software.
Get help and advice on employment rights - telephone, opening hours, website
Apply for an Overseas Domestic Worker visa if you've worked for your employer for at least a year - eligibility, fees, knowledge of English, your employment rights
How the death of your partner affects your benefits, tax and pension. What you can claim and who to tell about your change of circumstances.
Only fill in this capability for work questionnaire (ESA50) if you’re asked to do so – this is not a claim form.
Taking early retirement can affect the pension and benefits you get
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
You may be able to increase your State Pension based on the National Insurance record
Home Responsibilities Protection ran between 1978 and 2010 to help protect your State Pension - National Insurance credits, what you'll get, eligibility and applying.
Find volunteering opportunities, and volunteer rights, pay, expenses, age limits, criminal record checks.
Age-related tax allowance, calculating tax if you carry on working, National Insurance payments
If you're over 80 you can get your State Pension topped up to £101.55 a week in 2024 to 2025 - for men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953
When and how to pay tax if you get money from someone's pension pot after they die - including 'death in service' benefits
Small businesses can record income and expenses when money is actually paid rather than when they've invoiced or received
Find courses and training online with the National Careers Service and get advice on funding the costs of learning
Paying tax as a student - term-time jobs, holiday jobs, overseas students, jobs abroad, overpaying tax.
The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
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