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Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
How to know whether the operatives you deploy are employed or self-employed, and what this means for tax and national insurance.
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…
Includes pay, contracts, hiring and redundancies
Information for employers on checking EU, EEA and Swiss citizens’ right to work.
Find guidance to help decide the employment status of a worker, including employment intermediaries.
Use their P45 (or starter checklist, which replaced the P46) to get information from your new employee, set them up on your payroll software, tell HMRC.
How to protect your employment business, and the workers you supply, from non-compliant businesses in your supply chain.
The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
The employment status of au pairs, nannies, carers, personal assistants and other people who work in your home - how to tell if they're an employee or not, what happens with the National Minimum Wage, tax and National Insurance, what...
Get your business ready to employ staff - your responsibilities as an employer, register with HMRC, set up PAYE, get insurance
Includes types of worker, employee rights, overtime and changes to contracts
What you can expect from your employer and what your responsibilities are as an employee. What to do if you think you are being treated unfairly at work.
Tell HMRC if you stop employing people, cancel your PAYE scheme, report a temporary gap in paying staff
Guidance for employers on employing someone outside the UK.
Find out how to work out VAT on supplies of staff including supplies made by staff bureaux.
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.
Find out about different rules for entitlement that affect some employment types, including agency workers, directors and educational workers.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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