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You can receive an unlimited fine for employing an illegal worker - find out what happens and what you can do
Resignations, dismissals, disciplinaries and redundancy pay
National Insurance contributions if you're self-employed - rates and exceptions.
Employment rates for different ethnic groups in England, Wales and Scotland.
Get advice and training if you are an employer and you want to retain and recruit employees who are also carers - telephone, email, website
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Use a simpler calculation to work out income tax for your vehicle, home and business premises expenses
Tell HMRC if you've stopped being self-employed, or you're ending or leaving a business partnership - responsibilities, tax returns, letting any employees know.
Guidance, forms and helpsheets for self-employment. Including setting up your business, filing returns, claiming expenses and how to get help and support.
Records and paperwork you must keep if you're self-employed as a sole trader or partner in a business: income, costs, profit, how long to keep records.
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 about tax reliefs and allowances available from HMRC if you run a business, employ people or are self-employed.
Find out about updated guidance on end of year templates and changes to the share options limit and share class restrictions from April 2023.
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
Business expenses you can claim if you're self-employed
Calculate how much you have to pay your furloughed employees for hours on furlough and how much you can claim back.
When a business changes owner, employees could be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) - types of transfers, your rights, contracts, redundancy, where to get help
Find out if, and how, you need to register with HMRC when you start employing people.
Calculate the deemed employment payment for private sector engagements where the off-payroll working rules (often known as IR35) apply.
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