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• Being laid off or put on short-time working

  Know your rights to pay, the importance of your contract, and when you can claim redundancy instead of lay off or short-time working

• Request to write off a joint debt - letter

  Letter for when you can't make an offer of repayment on a joint debt and your circumstances are not going to improve

• Letter to 'make time of the essence': services

  Use this letter to give a trader a final deadline when they're taking too long to start or finish a job

• What happens at the end of a debt relief order

  How to check the date your debt relief order ends and get evidence from the Insolvency Service to prove it has ended

• Check the terms of your employment contract

  Check if you’ve got a written statement from your employer and what other documents to look

• Check what kinds of behaviour are child abuse

  What is meant by the term 'child abuse'. There is no clear legal definition of ‘child abuse’ but there are laws to protect children from harm. Find out more

• You think you're being accused of benefit fraud

  What to do if you’re worried you’re being investigated for benefit fraud

• Your options if your employer offers you another job

  Know when you can refuse an alternative job and take your redundancy pay instead. Make the most of your right to try out an alternative job for up to 4 weeks

• Your right to freedom of religion and belief

  Explains how your right to hold and express a religious or non-religious belief is protected by article 9 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and when the article may be breached

• Get help with the cost of renting privately

  Check if you can get help to pay your rent or council tax. Check if you can get Universal Credit for housing costs or a council tax reduction