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The different ways you can be employed make a big difference to how you pay tax and National Insurance, how you can save for your retirement and your rights at work. It’s important you understand your legal employment status so you know the rights you’re entitled to.
Links to an interactive guide on your rights at work in the UK. You can translate the guide into French, Bulgarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish.
An intern’s rights depend on their employment status. If an intern is classed as a worker, then they’re normally due the National Minimum Wage. Information about the employment rights and pay for interns.
A tool from HMRC called Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) to help you find out if you are employed or self-employed. You could also use this tool as evidence if you disagreed with your employer about your status. Includes quite a lot of jargon!