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Check if you’re the deemed employer and what your responsibilities are if the off-payroll working rules (IR35) apply.
Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination
It is against the law to treat someone less favourably than someone else…
Discrimination in job adverts You must not state or imply in a job advert…
You must not discriminate against your workers. This could be done by, for…
Find out what to put in your Full Payment Submission (FPS) and Employer Payment Summary (EPS) if you're paying employees through PAYE.
Find out if, and how, you need to register with HMRC when you start employing people.
Find out about the off-payroll working rules (IR35) for agencies, when the changes to these rules apply and how the changes will affect you.
Workplace pensions - your employer's responsibilities to you to provide a workplace pension and what automatic enrolment means to you
Personal data an employer can keep about an employee, and employee rights to see this information under data protection rules
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
Workplace pensions - what employers have to do, automatic enrolment, ongoing duties, stakeholder pensions
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Employers' responsibilities for diversity monitoring: gender, ethnicity, sexuality and disability balance in the workplace - including data protection
How trade unions can complain about an employer to the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) during a trade union recognition ballot.
We give independent strategic advice to the Ministry of Defence about how it can most effectively develop its relationship with employers.
Find out more information on how to get tax-free employer supported childcare.
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 you're an employment intermediary and what you need to do to make sure your worker's tax and National Insurance is paid correctly.
UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) guidance for employers offering work experience.
If you're an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you might need to tell HMRC and pay tax and National Insurance on them
Certification Officer (CO) guidance on eligibility, the application process and application form CO1.
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