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The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
If you’re sent to prison for 2 or more crimes, you’ll usually get a…
A suspended prison sentence is served in the community instead of in…
A determinate prison sentence is for a fixed length of time. It includes a…
An indeterminate prison sentence does not have a fixed length of time.…
If you’re found guilty of murder, a court must give you a life sentence. A…
If you’re under 18 you’ll be treated differently to adults by a court. You…
The rules on working hours - hour and limits, rests, health assessments and terms and conditions
Staff who regularly work at least 3 hours during the ‘night period’ are…
The limits on night working hours do not usually apply: in the armed…
Employers must offer workers a free health assessment before they become a…
What an employee needs to do when they resign from a job: how to give notice, notice period, payment arrangements, gardening leave, restrictive covenants
If you want to leave your job, check your employment contract to find out…
You must give at least a week’s notice if you’ve been in your job for more…
You’re entitled to your normal pay rate during your notice period,…
Your employer may ask you not to come into work, or to work at home or…
There may be terms in your contract that says you can’t work for a…
Dismissal is when your employer ends your employment - reasons you can be dismissed, unfair and constructive dismissal and what to do if you're dismissed
How to work out your transition profit for the 2023 to 2024 tax year if you are affected by Basis Period Reform.
Your accounting period for Corporation Tax and Company Tax returns - financial years and accounting periods, changing accounting periods
A table of rehabilitation periods for the most common sentences and disposals applied to checks processed until 27 October 2023, and example scenarios.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
An explanation of how holiday entitlement and pay operate during the pandemic, where it differs from the standard holiday entitlement and pay guidance.
Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.
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