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Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
In employment law a person’s employment status helps determine: their…
A person is generally classed as a ‘worker’ if: they have a contract or…
An employee is someone who works under an employment contract. A person…
An employee shareholder is someone who works under an employment contract…
A person is self-employed if they run their business for themselves and…
Company directors run limited companies on behalf of shareholders.…
A person who’s been appointed to a position by a company or organisation…
A court or employment tribunal (known as an industrial tribunal in…
Who can set up employee ownership, employee shares and engagement, employee directors, model documentation
Guidance you should consider when considering the employee shareholder employment status.
Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
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.
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
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
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing awards for employee suggestions
How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing
Handling employees' grievances at work - setting up a grievance procedure, holding a grievance hearing and managing appeals
Find out what certain terms mean that are connected to employee travel.
The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
Employee rights and employer legal obligations - the Information and Consultation of Employee regulations, setting up information and consultation agreements, complaints
Tax and reporting rules for employers who make assets available to employees
When an employee leaves or retires, update your payroll, give the employee a P45.
The employment status of au pairs, nannies, carers, personal assistants and other people who work in your home - how to tell if they're an employee or not, what happens with the National Minimum Wage, tax and National Insurance, what...
Guidance documents and updates for Sellafield Ltd employees.
Explains what employee ownership means for employees.
What qualifies as ordinary commuting and private travel for tax purposes.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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