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Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing loans to employees
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...
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing gifts to employees
Use this guidance if your payroll software or Basic PAYE tool does not calculate your employees' payments.
Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) and deducting any money an employee owes the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) from their pay
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.
Claiming Universal Credit if you're self-employed - eligibility, reporting your earnings, start up periods
Check recent contacts from HMRC to help you decide if a suspicious email, phone call, text or letter could be a scam.
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
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.
Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle
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
The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory 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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