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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment of Judge Auerbach on 16 April 2024.
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
In employment law a person’s employment status helps determine: their…
A person is generally classed as a ‘worker’ if: they have a contract or…
An employee is someone who works under an employment contract. A person…
An employee shareholder is someone who works under an employment contract…
A person is self-employed if they run their business for themselves and…
Company directors run limited companies on behalf of shareholders.…
A person who’s been appointed to a position by a company or organisation…
A court or employment tribunal (known as an industrial tribunal in…
Use the Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool to find out if you, or a worker on a specific engagement, should be classed as employed or self-employed for tax purposes.
Find out the scale rate expenses for accommodation and subsistence paid to employees who travel outside of the UK.
Includes pay, contracts, hiring and redundancies
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Judge Keith on 28 March 2024.
Find out information about employee incidentals overnight expenses for business travel.
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Mr Justice Edwin Johnson and Judge Guy Brannan on 12 April 2024
Find out about the legal background to expenses payments and benefits received by directors and employees.
Includes types of worker, employee rights, overtime and changes to contracts
Find out about different rules for entitlement for some employment types like agency workers, directors and educational workers.
PAYE for employers, getting started, reporting and paying HMRC, expenses and benefits
Includes company cars and paying tax on employee benefits
ELLA is the Evidence and Lessons from Latin America programme
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Mrs Justice Eady on 14 March 2024.
This brief examines a low-carbon waste management infrastructure - a waste to energy landfill - in Monterrey, Mexico
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