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• Getting paid if your employer goes out of business or disappears

  Check if your employer has officially shut down. Find out how to apply for money you’re owed

• Losing your job if you have a Health and Care Worker visa

  Find out what happens when you lose your job if you have a Health and Care Worker visa, and what you can do if you find yourself in this situation

• Check if you can get Housing Benefit

  Check if you can claim Housing Benefit to help pay your rent - and find out if you’re entitled to the maximum amount of Housing Benefit

• Getting paid when you leave a job

  Check if your final pay when you leave a job is right and what steps to take if it isn't

• Paying back a Housing Benefit overpayment

  Find out the different ways you can pay back a Housing Benefit overpayment, and what to do if you can’t afford to pay anything at all

• Check if a change affects your Income Support

  Find out what changes of circumstances you have to report to make sure you get the right amount of Income Support

• Example of defence to eviction from a public sector tenancy in the sheriff court

  Example of defence to eviction from a public sector tenancy in the sheriff court This advice applies to Scotland. See advice for See advice for England, See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice

• Mental health

  Information about where to get help and what you can do if you think you have a mental health problem. Includes information about consent for treatment, advance statements and details of organisations that can help

• Funeral Support Payment

  Funeral Support Payment is a Scottish benefit to help with the costs of a funeral for people on certain low-income qualifying benefits. Information covers when and how to apply, what the payment should be, and what you can't claim

• Check if you can get Council Tax Reduction

  Rules about who can apply for Council Tax Reduction and the eligibility criteria required for each of the three types of CTR schemes available in Scotland