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• 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...

• Work

  Check your employment status Check the terms of your employment contract Check if your employer can make changes to your contract Pay If your employer hasn’t paid you what they owe you Getting paid less than minimum wage or living wage Getting paid when you leave a job Getting paid...

• Check if you can add income-based JSA to your claim

  Check if you can add income-based JSA to your claim This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales Universal Credit has replaced income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) for most people – check if you can claim Universal Credit. You can...

• Check you've been given the right sanction

  Check you've been given the right sanction This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales If you've been sanctioned, you should check that you've been given the right level of sanction and have been sanctioned for the...

• Check if you can get special measures in court

  Check if you can get special measures in court This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales If you have extra needs that mean you might struggle when you give evidence, the court might decide you’re a...

• Check what kinds of behaviour are child abuse

  Check what kinds of behaviour are child abuse This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales There is no clear legal definition of ‘child abuse’ but there are laws to protect children from harm.  Someone harms a...

• If you can't take your holiday because you're ill

  If you’re ill on holiday or before you’re due to go, you can tell your employer that you want to be treated as off sick instead. That means you can save your holiday entitlement for when you’re able to enjoy it.  Deciding whether to take sick leave or holiday You...

• Reporting changes that affect your PIP

  Reporting changes that affect your PIP This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales You need to tell the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) about changes as soon as possible because they can affect your PIP....

• Parental bereavement leave - what you're entitled to and how to get it

  You have a right to take up to 2 weeks of parental bereavement leave if both of these apply: your child died on or after 6 April 2020 they were under the age of 18 or they were stillborn You don’t have to be a birth parent of the child...

• Check if your child can get a permanent right to live in the UK

  Check if your child can get a permanent right to live in the UK This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales Bringing family members from Ukraine to the UK There are special rules for family members...