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• Check your parental rights at work

  Find out about your rights at work as a new or expecting parent. Check your rights to leave, pay, and time off for appointments

• Registering a civil partnership

  Information on how to register a civil partnership covering who can register, the cost of registering and special rules for sick and disabled people and people from abroad

• Save money heating your home

  Check if you can save money on your energy bills by adjusting your central heating. Check how to heat your home in a more energy efficient way

• Check your parental rights as an agency worker

  Find out if you can take time off or get paid when you're having or adopting a child

• If you're working too many hours

  Check how many hours your employer can ask you to work and if you have to do overtime. Check how you can ask to reduce your hours

• Check your rights as a lodger

  Find out what rights you have if you're a lodger. You can also check what support you can get if you need help with housing

• How to start a Universal Credit claim

  Find out how to start a Universal Credit claim. Before you start you’ll need to check if you're eligible for Universal Credit

• Rights while you're on maternity leave

  Check your legal rights on how your employer has to treat you when you're away from work on maternity leave

• Universal Credit payments if you're self-employed

  Find out how your self-employed Universal Credit payments work, including how the DWP calculates your payments based on your income floor

• Paying child maintenance through the CMS

  Find out when you have to pay child maintenance, how much you'll have to pay and how to pay