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You could get a grant to install a heat pump or biomass boiler. Find out if you’re eligible and how to apply.
Check if you're eligible for a student loan, find out how much you can get, how to apply and when you start repaying.
Being made redundant - rights, statutory payments you're entitled to, notice periods and consultation, finding a job.
Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay
Working time directive and maximum weekly working hours including how to calculate your weekly working hours and working time limits if you're a young worker.
Check if your pay matches the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if your employer owes you payments from the previous year.
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and split…
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
Check if you’re eligible for the Warm Home Discount from October 2025. The discount could take money off your winter electricity bill.
Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
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