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You can receive an unlimited fine for employing an illegal worker - find out what happens and what you can do
The rules for employment agencies and businesses: licences, vulnerable people, opting out, job advertisements, transfer fees, trade unions, terms and conditions and contracts, travel and accommodation for work-seekers
Find out how to work out VAT on supplies of staff including supplies made by staff bureaux.
Employers' responsibilities when using agencies to find staff, including health and safety, access to facilities, vacancies, continuous employment, transfer fees and complaints
Tell HMRC if you stop employing people, cancel your PAYE scheme, report a temporary gap in paying staff
Learn more about getting started as an employer or running a small business including registration, payroll, tax returns, tax bills and payments.
This guidance highlights the benefits of working with prisons and hiring ex-offenders to help fill skills gaps and reduce re-offending.
What you need to do if you set up as a sole trader - check your employment status, understand your obligations, and register for tax.
Make sure a job applicant can work in the UK - check they have the right documents and make sure you're not prosecuted for employing an illegal worker.
This guide provides useful facts for employers about the reserve forces.
PAYE for employers, getting started, reporting and paying HMRC, expenses and benefits
What you can expect from your employer and what your responsibilities are as an employee. What to do if you think you are being treated unfairly at work.
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
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.
How to attract, recruit and retain disabled people.
Resignations, dismissals, disciplinaries and redundancy pay
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.
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