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Claiming Universal Credit if you're self-employed - eligibility, reporting your earnings, start up periods
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Employees working for one employer without a break, employments rights for continuous services, breaks that do not affect continuous service
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.
Guidance about employing older workers and working past 50.
Find out about agricultural workers' pay and working conditions, labour laws, and health and safety laws.
Find out if you're an employment intermediary and what you need to do to make sure your worker's tax and National Insurance is paid correctly.
This guidance explains what providers of children’s homes must do under the law when recruiting and employing staff.
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Spain and how to get one if you do.
Guidance for employers. You need to have a sponsor licence to hire workers from outside the UK.
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Germany and how to get one if you do.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Mrs Justice Eady on 26 April 2024.
Find out about different rules for entitlement that affect some employment types, including agency workers, directors and educational workers.
Find out how to work out and make PAYE deductions for employees who come to work in the UK.
Dismissal is when your employer ends your employment - reasons you can be dismissed, unfair and constructive dismissal and what to do if you're dismissed
Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status
What makes you self-employed, what counts as trading and what to do, including registering for Self Assessment.
Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes
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