Employee benefits
Benefits can include leave from work, or money paid to you by the government or your employer and can include state pension, sick-pay, maternity pay and child benefit.
Not everybody is entitled to the benefits below, depending on individual circumstances and nationalities.
To find out if you can receive any of these benefits contact your local Job Centre or Social Security office.
State Pension
The State Pension is paid to you by the government when you have reached the national retirement age, currently 60 for a woman and 65 for a man.
This is a weekly payment and the amount you get paid is dependant on the number of years you have paid National Insurance in the UK.
Find out more about the State Pension
Statutory Sick Pay
If you are ill and unable to work for a period more than four consecutive days and less than 28 weeks, your employer is required to pay Statutory Sick Pay.
Find out more about Statutory Sick Pay
Maternity leave and maternity pay
Maternity pay is designed to help you to take time off work both before and after you have a child.
This is a weekly payment from your employer.
All female employees are entitled to 52 weeks of maternity leave, non paid additional leave may also be requested.
Six weeks of pay is paid at 90 per cent of your salary with the remaining weeks paid at either 90 per cent of your salary or £123.06 - whichever is lower.
The partner of the pregnant woman is also entitled to two weeks leave.
More information about maternity leave and pay
Child Benefit
Child Benefit is a tax-free payment that you can claim for your child, if your child is under the age of 16, and is paid directly by the government into your bank account on a weekly or monthly basis.
More information about Child Benefit
Working Tax Credit
Working tax credit is for employees or those running their own business who have a low income.
Find out more about Working Tax Credit