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Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
Redundancy is when you dismiss an employee because you no longer need…
You should take steps to avoid compulsory redundancies, for example by:…
You can lay off an employee (ask them to stay at home or take unpaid…
Voluntary redundancy This is where you ask employees if they’d like to…
If you decide you need to make compulsory redundancies, you must: identify…
If you do not consult employees in a redundancy situation, any…
You must give staff notice and agree a leaving date once you’ve finished…
Employees you make redundant might be entitled to redundancy pay - this is…
If you make staff redundant, you may give them a ‘termination payment’.…
If you have to make redundancies, Jobcentre Plus can give you and your…
How to make export declarations and get goods through the UK border
The Parole Board decides whether prisoners who are serving certain types of sentences can be released.
Submissions related to human medicines need to be submitted directly to the MHRA.
How to make an import declaration and get goods through the UK border.
How to file for divorce if you're in England or Wales.
What structural alterations are, when and how to apply for permission, how they may affect your home's value and what you owe on your equity loan.
How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
An overview of the process by which bills become law.
Webinars for pharmaceutical companies, clinical trial sponsors, e-cigarette producers and brokers of medicinal products
Learn to drive a car in the UK - get a provisional licence, take driving lessons, prepare for your theory test, book your practical test
If you manage an online platform that allows user generated content, these 7 steps will help you keep your business and your users safe.
Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
Disputes with neighbours - noisy neighbours, barking dogs, statutory nuisances, high hedges, mediation and when your council can step in
How to make a request from public bodies and organisations under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), how much it costs and how long it takes
What you need to do as a developer to meet biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Find out how to report any concerns you have about a learner who you think may be susceptible to radicalisation into terrorism.
Get a private number plate for your vehicle - buy a number plate, transfer a number plate
How to make a will: making sure it's valid, using a solicitor and changing it when your circumstances change
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