Employment and livelihood
Checking income-support eligibility
Distinguish working-age income support from an old-age benefit supplement.
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Employment and livelihood
Guides to starting a job, leaving a job and checking your rights.
Guides in this category
Choose a guide that fits your situation. Check conditions and sources before taking a binding action.
Employment and livelihood
Checking rights during prolonged illness
Separate employer sick pay, disability claims and interim assistance.
Employment and livelihood
Checking a foreign worker's employment rights
Use the dedicated labour-rights channel rather than an immigration complaint.
Employment and livelihood
Tracking a claim after work stops
Check unemployment-claim receipt, employer pay reporting, documents and decision.
Employment and livelihood
Choosing an enquiry after employment ends
Separate employer documents and pay, unemployment claims and enforcement complaints.
Employment and livelihood
Preparing to return after birth and parenting leave
Confirm dates and terms and document proposed changes.
Employment and livelihood
Recording working hours
Keep daily evidence for comparison with attendance and payroll.
Employment and livelihood
Preparing to retire or leave a job
Check Form 161 reporting, employer records and severance-fund choices.
Employment and livelihood
Requesting vocational-training assistance
Check a training voucher through a referring body before committing.
Employment and livelihood
Keeping employment and termination records
Organise pay, attendance, termination and retirement-report evidence.
Employment and livelihood
Checking pension deposits
Reconcile employee, employer and severance contributions by salary month.
Employment and livelihood
Checking rights when changing employers
Organise final pay, tax records, pension deposits and coverage continuity.
Employment and livelihood
Requesting an employment confirmation
Specify the recipient's requirements and consider appropriate alternatives.
Employment and livelihood
Preparing to discuss employment terms
Break down compensation, ask precise questions and confirm agreements in writing.
Employment and livelihood
Preparing to start a new job
Organise written terms, Form 101, pension details and the first payslip.
Employment and livelihood
Reading and checking a payslip
Compare hours, agreement and bank payment, separating gross, net and contribution bases.
Employment and livelihood
Handling unpaid wages
Distinguish enforcement complaints from claims to recover pay.
Employment and livelihood
Requesting Form 106
Obtain the employer's annual salary and tax-deduction certificate.
Employment and livelihood
Claiming unemployment benefit
Prepare registration, employment evidence and the official benefit claim.
Employment and livelihood
Registering with the Employment Service
Distinguish opening a website account from initial jobseeker registration.
Employment and livelihood
When employment ends: first steps
What to check after employment ends and how to find the official unemployment-benefit application process.