Guidance

Help and support for employing people

Get help if you're an employer by using videos and webinars from HMRC.

Published 6 October 2017
Last updated 29 August 2018 — see all updates

From:: HM Revenue & Customs

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Getting started as an employer

Watch YouTube videos about:

help for new employers
running a small business

Catch up with the latest available webinars to find out about:

Use the online guide on becoming an employer to find out about:

taking on staff
running a payroll
sick pay and end-of-year tasks
what to do when an employee leaves

Employer filing obligations

Catch up with the latest available webinar about employer filing obligations to find out how and when to send a Full Payment Submission and Employer Payment Summary to HMRC.

Expenses and benefits

Introduction

Catch up with the latest available webinar for an introduction to expenses and benefits to find out about:

paying expenses to employees
providing benefits

Register for the next live webinar about expenses and benefits for case studies of providing employees with vouchers, medical insurance, paying personal bills and using credit cards.

Medical insurance

Catch up with the latest available medical insurance webinar to find out about your tax, National Insurance and reporting responsibilities.

Personal bills

Catch up with the latest available personal bills webinar to find out:

what an employee’s personal bill is
your tax, National Insurance and reporting responsibilities

Vouchers and debit or credit cards

Catch up with the latest available voucher and debit or credit cards webinar to find out your tax, National Insurance and reporting responsibilities.

Company cars, vans and fuel

Register for the next live webinar about company cars, vans and fuel to find out what records to keep and what to report to HMRC.

Catch up with the latest available webinar about company cars and fuel to find out about the details you need to keep for the cars and fuel:

used by your employees
available for private use

Company vans

Catch up with the latest available webinar about company vans to find out:

how to account for tax and National Insurance
where to go for further help

Employee travel

Find out about:

travel and subsistence payments
mileage payments for employees using their own vehicle

Mileage

Catch up with the latest available mileage webinar for employers who make mileage payments to employees who use their own vehicles, to find out:

what a business journey is
your reporting responsibilities

Travel and subsistence

Catch up with the latest available travel and subsistence webinar to find out about your tax, National Insurance and reporting responsibilities for your employees, when you’re:

providing travel
reimbursing travel
providing overnight accommodation

The workplace and travel

Catch up with the latest available webinar for employers who pay expenses claims to employees. It covers employee travel to different types of workplace such as a temporary workplace and the effect this has on tax and National Insurance.

Phones, internet and homeworking

Catch up with the latest available phones, internet and homeworking webinar about the tax and National Insurance treatment where an employer provides:

a mobile phone
an internet connection
homeworking expenses

Trivial benefits

Catch up with the latest available webinar about providing trivial benefits to employees. Find out what is meant by trivial benefits and the conditions that have to be met.

Entertaining staff

Catch up with the latest available webinar about expenses and benefits for entertaining staff to find out about tax and National Insurance when providing:

free or subsidised tea, coffee or meals at work
social functions for your employees

Payroll

Watch YouTube videos about:

setting up your payroll for the new tax year
deducting the right tax from employees’ pay
payroll software and sending reports to HMRC

Catch up with the latest available webinar about payroll and how to give HMRC accurate information.

Payrolling: tax employee’s benefits through your payroll

Catch up with the latest available webinar about payrolling benefits in kind to find out about tax and National Insurance on:

payrolling expenses
benefits

The National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage

Catch up with the latest webinars about how to check you’re paying the National Minimum Wage correctly:

part 1 explains when a worker is entitled to the minimum wage
part 2 is about the different types of work for minimum wage purposes
part 3 explains the common underpayment errors to look out for
part 4 tells you how to put things right if you find an underpayment

Use the online guide on paying your workers the minimum wage to find out more about the:

National Minimum Wage
National Living Wage

Employment status

Catch up with the latest available webinar about employment status to find out:

what you have to do if you’re employing or engaging someone
about applying the correct employment status

Penalties

Watch a YouTube video about paying tax at the right time.

Catch up with the latest available webinar about how to avoid in-year penalties to find out:

when penalties are charged
how to avoid in-year penalties for late and non-filing

Statutory pay

Statutory Sick Pay

Use the Statutory Sick Pay online guide to find out more about about:

who can get Statutory Sick Pay
calculating and paying Statutory Sick Pay
what to do if an employee is not entitled to Statutory Sick Pay
company sick pay
Statutory Sick Pay and holidays
managing sick absence
keeping records

Catch up with the latest available webinar about Statutory Sick Pay to find out about:

what happens when an employee is off sick
deciding when to pay Statutory Sick Pay
how to calculate Statutory Sick Pay

Managing sick leave and Statutory Sick Pay

Register for the next live joint webinar with the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) to find out about:

managing both short and continuous sickness absence
dismissal
mental health

Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Paternity Pay

Catch up with the latest available webinar about Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Paternity Pay to find out about:

pay for employees who’ve had or are having a baby
what payments you can make
how to calculate payments

Shared Parental Leave and Pay

Catch up with the latest available webinar about Shared Parental Leave and Pay to find out about entitlements for parents.

Responsibilities when your business grows

Catch up with the latest available webinar from HMRC and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to find out about your responsibilities as your business grows for:

Published 6 October 2017
Last updated 29 August 2018 + show all updates

29 August 2018 The latest webinars about employer filing obligations, company cars, vans and fuel, and a Statutory Sick Pay online guide have been added.
23 August 2018 The latest webinars about employer filing obligations, company cars, vans and fuel, and a Statutory Sick Pay online guide have been added.
25 July 2018 Webinars for employee travel and responsibilities when your business grows and the workplace and travel have been added.
9 July 2018 Webinars for PAYE: end of year expenses and benefits has been updated.
27 June 2018 Webinars about getting started as an employer, payrolling and the the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage have been updated.
30 May 2018 Webinars for expenses and benefits, PAYE end of year expenses, payroll, national living wage and statutory pay have been updated.
25 April 2018 The latest webinars about penalties, expenses and benefits, travel and subsistence, entertaining staff and Statutory Sick Pay have been added, as well as details of a new webinar about managing sick leave and Statutory Sick Pay.
28 March 2018 New webinars about expenses and benefits and your responsibilities when your business grows have been added.
1 March 2018 The webinars for 'what’s new for 2018' and 'employer filing obligations' have been re-recorded because of important new information affecting employers.
28 February 2018 The latest webinars about reporting PAYE to HMRC, employer filing obligations, phones, internet and homeworking and trivial benefits have been added.
31 January 2018 The latest webinars about what's new for 2018, company vans and payrolling benefits in kind have been added.
27 December 2017 The latest webinars about The National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage have been updated.
29 November 2017 The latest available webinars have been added for expenses and benefits, payrolling benefits in kind and company cars and fuel.
17 November 2017 Register for the next live HMRC and Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) joint webinar about managing sick leave and statutory sick pay.
24 October 2017 Register for the next live webinar about the National Living wage and the National Minimum wage.
6 October 2017 First published.

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