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Holiday calculator to work out statutory holiday leave in days or hours
The National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates: age, apprentices, previous years.
Calculate how much statutory redundancy you can get based on age, weekly pay and number of years in the job
Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.
Search the Individual Insolvency Register for details about bankruptcy orders, Debt Relief Orders, Individual Voluntary Arrangements, and restrictions orders and undertakings
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes.
Loans and mentoring for people looking to start or grow a business in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Find government-backed support and finance for business
Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers.
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