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Work and Industry Rules UK: Licences, Cards and Pay

Guides for people who work in a particular industry: the card or licence you need to do the job, the safety rules that apply where you work, and what you are paid. New industries are added one guide at a time.

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CSCS Card
Which construction site card you need, what it costs, the CITB test and how to apply or renew.
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NHS Pay Bands
Agenda for Change pay for every band from 1 to 9, example roles and London supplements.
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IR35
The off-payroll working rules for contractors: who decides your status and how to challenge it.
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Health and Safety at Work Act
The main workplace safety law: employer and employee duties, charges for equipment and raising concerns.
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Accidents at Work
Reporting an injury at work and claiming compensation.
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Take Home Pay Calculator
Your pay after Income Tax, National Insurance and student loan.
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Minimum Wage
The legal hourly rates by age and what counts as pay.
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DBS Checks
Which check an employer can ask for and when convictions become spent.
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Landlord Licensing and HMOs
When a rented home needs a licence and the safety rules landlords follow.

What this section covers

This section is for people who need to know the rules of the industry they work in. When we looked at what people across the UK search for about their work, very few searches were about rights in a particular industry. People search for the card or licence they need before they can start, the rules they have to follow on site or at work, and what their job pays.

So each guide here answers one of those questions from the official source for it: the body that runs the scheme, the regulator, or the law itself. Each guide also links to the rights that apply to everyone at work, such as the minimum wage, holiday pay and what to do after an accident.

We are adding industries one guide at a time, starting with construction, then workplace safety, contractors and pay scales. Guides that already sit in other sections and matter to people at work are listed here too.

Which guide do I need?

Find the line that sounds like your situation and go to the guide beside it.

If you want toReadYou will find
You need a card to work on a construction siteCSCS CardWhich card fits your job, the cost, the test and how to apply.
You work for the NHS and want to check your payNHS Pay BandsEvery band by years of experience, with example roles.
You are a contractor working through your own companyIR35Who decides your status, what happens inside the rules and how to disagree.
You want to know your employer's safety dutiesHealth and Safety at Work ActEmployer and employee duties, the written policy and raising concerns.
You have been hurt at workAccidents at WorkReporting the injury and making a claim.
You want to know what you will take homeTake Home Pay CalculatorIncome Tax, National Insurance and student loan worked out.
You want to check your hourly pay is legalMinimum WageThe rates by age and what counts as pay.
An employer has asked for a criminal record checkDBS ChecksWhich level of check applies to which job.

All guides in this section

4 guides. Every one shows at the top when it was last checked and against which official sources.