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How legal industrial action is organised, picketing and the law and what your employment rights when you are on strike
Industrial action is when workers: go on strike take other action, like…
Your union must have a vote (a ‘ballot’) that’s properly organised…
You have the right to take industrial action and you can’t be legally…
A picket line is where workers and union reps (‘picketers’ or ‘pickets’)…
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
You can close down your limited company by getting it ‘struck off’ the…
Before applying to strike off your limited company, you must close it down…
To apply to strike off your limited company, you must send Companies House…
You must withdraw your application if your company is no longer eligible…
Strikes and industrial action - rights and responsibilities for employers, when unions can take action and the effect on employees' pay and working records
If there’s a workplace dispute at your business, you should try to resolve…
Trade unions only have statutory immunity if the industrial action is…
You can ask your employees if they’re planning to strike, so that you can…
During the strike, workers and union reps may stand outside the place of…
You can ask non-union employees to cover work during a strike, as long as:…
You have the right to stop industrial action if it's unlawful and you're not someone representing a company
Tell HMRC if you stop employing people, cancel your PAYE scheme, report a temporary gap in paying staff
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
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.
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
Apply to cancel a winding up (liquidation) order so your company can continue to trade - find out the form you need and what happens at the hearing
Use this form to withdraw your company's striking off application.
Object to a company's application to be removed from the companies register - how to find out if a company's applied for insolvency, who can object, how to object, what happens next.
Use this service to apply to strike off a company from the Companies House register. It costs £33 to apply online, or £44 for a paper application.
Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy
How employers must handle written and verbal staff resignations, business transfers and redundancy pay
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Judge Keith on 28 March 2024.
FCDO travel advice for Ecuador. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Information for directors, secretaries or company advisers about how to dissolve a company or restore a company to the register.
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