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• Getting your tenancy deposit back if you rent privately

  Find out how to get your deposit back from your landlord when your tenancy ends and whether your landlord can keep your money to pay for damage or breakages.

• Check if you can take time off work

  Check your right to time off work, including paid and unpaid leave. You have the right to take time off work in certain circumstances, your 'statutory rights'.

• Challenging a Housing Benefit decision

  How to appeal if you've been refused Housing Benefit or your payments have been reduced.

• Appealing a tax credits decision at a tribunal

  What to expect at a tax credits tribunal hearing and how best to prepare

• Getting your money back if you paid by card or PayPal

  Check how to get a refund if you paid for something by credit card, debit card, charge card, or PayPal. Find out about 'Section 75' and 'chargeback

• Check if you're disabled under the Equality Act

  Check the definition of disability for discrimination at work under the Equality Act 2010

• Preparing to rent from a private landlord

  Find out how to decide whether to rent from a landlord or letting agent, how to search for a property and what questions you should ask before you rent a home

• Getting benefits if you got ill or were injured at work

  Check if you can claim Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit and how to deal with problems

• If your clothes have been lost or damaged by a dry cleaner

  Your legal rights if your clothes are lost or damaged, how to make a complaint, how to take your complaint further if you're unhappy with their response.

• Getting money after your sick pay runs out

  What to do when your sick pay is coming to an end and you're too unwell to return to work. You may be eligible for benefits or be able to use your holiday pay.