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• Check if you can get DLA for your child

  DLA isn’t just for children with physical disabilities - it’s also for behavioural and mental health conditions as well as learning disabilities and developmental delay

• Preparing a schedule of loss for an unfair dismissal claim

  Find out what to put in your schedule of loss and see an example of a schedule of loss for an unfair dismissal claim

• If you’re treated badly after using your employment rights

  Check what you can do if your employer treats you unfairly because you asserted your rights

• Check your personal alarm will work after the landline switch off

  Check how the switch to digital landlines might affect your telecare and other alarms. Check what to do to avoid problems when you switch

• Appealing against a disciplinary decision

  You have the right to appeal against any disciplinary action your employer takes against you. Check how to appeal a decision and what will happen next

• Get a hardship payment if you've been sanctioned

  If you've been sanctioned, you might be able to get some emergency money to help you cover household expenses. This is called a hardship payment

• Applying for Council Tax Reduction

  Check how to apply to the council for Council Tax Reduction. Check if you can backdate the reduction, and how to challenge a decision

• What to do if you don't get your maternity rights

  Know how to negotiate to get your maternity rights at work - or how to use the employment tribunal to win compensation if your employer refuses to follow the law.