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Check if you're an agency worker
You’re an agency worker if you have a contract with an agency but you’re sent to work temporarily for another organisation. When you’re working there, that organisation tells you how to do your work
If your employer wants to dismiss you because of long term sickness
If you’ve had a lot of time off work because of sickness, it might be reasonable for your employer to dismiss you because you’re no longer able to do your job. If you’ve been working for your
Check you've been given the right sanction
sanctioned at all, there may be arguments you can use to get the decision changed. For example, if you had a good reason for not carrying out your work-related activity. Information you need Details about your
How volunteering affects your benefits - overview
is unpaid work for someone other than a close relative - for example, working for a charity or not for profit organisation. If you’re a volunteer, you’ll have no contract of employment. This means
Check you've got the right amount of holiday pay
holiday you take, you’re entitled to a week’s pay. How much you’ll be paid when you’re on holiday depends on whether you: work fixed hours get the same amount of pay every week ‘Fixed hours’ means the set
Coronavirus - if you're worried about working
If you’re worried about work because of coronavirus, there are: laws your employer should be following to make sure you’re safe things to think about if you’re deciding whether to work ways you might
Check your rights as an agency worker
If you’re an agency worker, you: have certain basic rights at work as soon as you start work somewhere get more rights when you’ve been in the same job in the same organisation for 12 weeks You can
Getting a job or pay increase while on Universal Credit
to tell the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as soon as possible if you get a new job or a pay increase - you might get the wrong amount of benefit if you don't. Your claimant commitment will tell
Problem with a car repair
or service, the best thing to do is negotiate with the garage to work out the best solution. If your negotiations don’t work, you can take further action to get your problem resolved. Always ask your
Arguments for challenging a sanction
, you can ask the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to rethink their decision to sanction you if you think they shouldn’t have sanctioned you. This is called ‘mandatory reconsideration