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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.
This series brings together all documents relating to Defra: recruiting and employing staff
A Guide for Employers and Employees to the role of the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) for these regulations
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
Find out about how and what you’ll be paid and how to check your pay when you’re employed by an umbrella company as a temporary worker.
Guidance for employers. You need to have a sponsor licence to hire workers from outside the UK.
Information about employing an apprentice and how apprenticeship funding works.
Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Information for employers on checking EU, EEA and Swiss citizens’ right to work.
Find out how to work out VAT on supplies of staff including supplies made by staff bureaux.
Where to find work, who can help you and how to access skills based training for employment.
How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing
The process for a recruiter to confirm applicant type, issue forms, and identify when a candidate has provided their information.
Employment rates for different ethnic groups in England, Wales and Scotland.
This guidance explains what providers of children’s homes must do under the law when recruiting and employing staff.
Part-time workers should not be treated less favourably than full-time workers; employers' responsibilities and what part-time workers can do if they're treated unfairly
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
As an agency worker, you have certain rights when using temp, recruitment agencies or employment agencies to find work - pay, holidays, equal treatment, fees.
Follow employment laws and plan for risks when employing paid workers at your charity.
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