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• Check your parental rights as an agency worker

  As an agency worker, you should have the right:  to get statutory maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental pay if you qualify to work in a safe environment when you’re pregnant not to be discriminated against because you’re pregnant If you’ve worked in the same job in the same organisation...

• Extending your family visa

  Extending your family visa This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales You can usually apply to extend a family visa before it ends. A family visa is any of the following: a partner visa a child...

• Get help with costs if you have a child or you’re pregnant

  Get help with costs if you have a child or you’re pregnant This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales You might be able to get extra money to help pay for essential costs like food, childcare...

• Check if your landlord can increase your rent

  Check if this advice applies to you This advice will usually apply to you if both the following are true: you have a private landlord you started renting on or after 15 January 1989 If you started renting before 15 January 1989, talk to an adviser. Your landlord can't just...

• Check if a change affects your Universal Credit

  Check if a change affects your Universal Credit This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales You'll need to tell the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) about changes to your work, money or family life. These...

• Getting paid when you leave a job

  If you haven’t been paid the right amount after leaving a job, you can take steps to get what you’re owed. You need to act quickly - the deadline for taking action is usually 3 months less one day from when your employer should have paid you the money you’re...

• Check if your dismissal is unfair

  Being sacked from your job can come as a huge shock and it often feels unfair. The legal term for being sacked is ‘dismissal’. Your employer is allowed to dismiss people, but if they do it unfairly you can challenge your dismissal. To find out if your dismissal is unfair,...

• Check your parental rights at work

  When you’re a new parent or you’re expecting a baby you have extra rights at work. You or your partner could be entitled to: maternity rights paternity leave and pay shared parental leave adoption leave and pay unpaid time off to look after your child come to antenatal appointments with...

• Check how to switch your internet, phone or TV provider

  Check how to switch your internet, phone or TV provider This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales You might be able to save money by switching to: a new provider for your internet, mobile phone, landline...

• Appealing an ESA decision

  Appealing an ESA decision This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales Before you can appeal a decision made by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), you might need to ask for a mandatory reconsideration and...