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Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
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FCDO travel advice for Belgium. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
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The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…
Employer guide to Statutory Sick Pay - SSP rates, form SSP1, eligibility, fit notes (formerly sick notes), recover statutory pay.
Constant Attendance Allowance - extra money to help pay for care if you get Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit or a War Disablement Pension
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
Tips at work do not count towards the National Minimum Wage - tips and tax, what your employer has to do, advice and help, cash in hand payments
Student finance - student loans or student grants for tuition fees and living costs, extra help, student loan repayments.
FCDO travel advice for Ukraine. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Protect your right to live in a registered or unregistered property owned by your spouse or civil partner during a divorce or separation - getting home rights, after a continuation order
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