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Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights

• Your rights

  As an employee you’re allowed time off to deal with an emergency involving…

• What's an emergency?

  You could get time off when a dependant is involved in the following…

• Taking time off

  Tell your employer as soon as possible if you need time off. If it’s an…

• Problems when you take time off

  Your employer must not: treat you unfairly for taking time off, for…

Advice for health professionals on pregnant women who are inadvertently vaccinated against chicken pox (varicella), shingles or measles, mumps, rubella.

• Updated: 20 January 2025

The Prime Minister spoke to the Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, this morning.

• Updated: 8 March 2025

Our flexible service can provide tidal information tailored to your specific requirements.

• Updated: 29 August 2014

Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments

Sets out process and expectations on planning performance and decision making.

• Updated: 6 December 2023

Landlords need to follow certain procedures when evicting tenants - find out about eviction notices, harassment and illegal evictions, and going to court

• Updated: 29 August 2023

• Updated: 28 February 2025

Buy Premium Bonds on the National Savings and Investments (NS&I) website.

• Updated: 21 December 2017