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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...

• 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...

• 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...

• If your employer refuses to pay you sick pay

  Your employer must pay you Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) if you can get it.  You should always talk to your employer to try to sort out a problem before you take any further action.   If you can’t agree about your SSP, ask your employer to give you their reasons for...

• Check your notice period when resigning

  If you want to leave your job you’ll normally need to give your employer some warning. This is called your notice period. Look in your contract to see the notice you need to give. If you've been in your job for less than a month, you don't have to give...

• Maternity pay - how to get it

  Once you know what type of maternity pay you’re entitled to, there are a few things you need to do to get it. Get statutory maternity pay This is the standard kind of maternity pay. It comes from your employer, and there are 3 steps to getting it: tell your...

• Your notice period during redundancy

  If you’re made redundant, your job won’t end straight away - you’ll get a paid notice period. You might get notice pay instead of your notice period - this is called ‘pay in lieu of notice’. Your employer will tell you if they’ll give you pay in lieu of notice....

• Maternity pay - what you're entitled to

  There’s a good chance you’ll be able to get maternity pay if you're having a baby and you have a job or had one recently. You could get one of these: statutory maternity pay: the standard type of maternity pay - if you're entitled to this it's the legal minimum...

• No money to pay creditors - letter

  No money to pay creditors - letter This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales You can use this letter when you have no money available to offer to your non-priority creditors. You can use the Budgeting...

• Struggling to pay - administration orders

  Struggling to pay - administration orders 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 to do if you have an administration order and your financial circumstances change, making it hard for you...