How we research and update the figures and rules on this site — and what to do if you think we have got something wrong.
UK Work Rights is created and published by UK Work Rights Ltd (Company No. 17228507, registered in England & Wales).
Drafted with AI assistance, using official sources. Statutory figures are taken from a primary source, and each guide shows when it was last reviewed. We do get things wrong — when we find out, we correct it and log it. UK Work Rights Ltd takes editorial responsibility for everything on this site.
We are not a law firm and we are not solicitors. We do not claim professional legal accreditation. What we offer is carefully sourced, plain-English information built for people who cannot afford paid legal advice — and we are open about exactly where every figure comes from so you can check it yourself.
Statutory figures, deadlines and legal rules on this site are taken from primary sources — the law itself and official guidance:
We also cross-check practical guidance against established advice organisations such as Citizens Advice and Shelter, and occasionally cite recognised research bodies where they are the clearest public source. Where we do, we say so on the page.
What we never do is take a statutory figure from a summary or from another site's copy of it. Figures come from the source that sets them.
Employment, housing and benefits law differ across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Where a rule applies to only one nation, we say so.
Statutory rates change at fixed points in the year — most commonly in April, and at other dates when new legislation commences. This is a one-person site, so we will be straight with you about how that works in practice: we do not monitor every statutory rate automatically — rates are checked and updated by hand.
When a rate changes, we add the old figure to a list of replaced figures, and our build checks flag any page that still shows it. That catches the most dangerous kind of error — a rate updated in one place but not another.
Every guide shows the date it was last reviewed, so you can see how current the information is. If a change is coming but is not yet law, we say so rather than presenting it as if it already applies.
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