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• How to claim working and child tax credits

  How to claim working and child tax credits 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 tax credits for most people making a new claim. Make sure you check if you can still...

• Struggling to pay your debt management plan

  Struggling to pay your debt management plan This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales You may find you're struggling to make the payments on your debt management plan (DMP). If this happens to you, it's important...

• Check if you can get sick pay

  You might be able to get Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) when you're off work sick. It depends on your earnings and your situation. You can't get SSP for the first 3 days you're off sick but after that you can get £116.75 a week for up to 28 weeks. Your...

• If you’re struggling to pay your credit card

  If you’re struggling to pay your credit card This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales There are things you can do to improve your situation. Your credit card company might agree to reduce or pause your...

• Getting sick pay when you're pregnant

  If you’re off sick while you’re pregnant, it can affect how much Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) and Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) you get. Different rules might apply depending if your illness is related to your pregnancy or not.  Getting sick pay can affect your maternity pay Your maternity pay might be affected...

• If you don’t pay your water bill

  If you don’t pay your water bill This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales This page tells you what can happen when you owe your water company money and what you can do about it. Can...

• Maternity pay - how much you can get

  How much maternity pay you get, and how long it lasts, depends on what type of maternity pay you’re entitled to: for statutory maternity pay, read the rest of this page for details for contractual maternity pay, look in your contract or ask your employer - it will never be...

• Check how much redundancy pay you can get

  If you’re being made redundant, you might be entitled to redundancy pay. You’ll only get redundancy pay if it is a genuine redundancy - check if your redundancy is genuine. There are 2 types of redundancy pay you could get: ‘statutory’ redundancy pay - what the law says you’re entitled to...

• If your employer hasn’t paid you what they owe you

  Your employer should pay you on time for work you’ve done - they should pay you on your agreed pay day. You can challenge your employer if: they haven’t paid your wages they’ve underpaid you they’ve deducted some or all of your wages - and you don’t agree with their...

• Check you've got the right amount of holiday pay

  You shouldn’t get less pay when you’re on holiday than when you’re working. The paid holiday the law says you’re entitled to is called ‘statutory paid holiday’. For each week of statutory paid holiday you take, you’re entitled to a week’s pay.  How much you’ll be paid when you’re on...