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Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
Tax and reporting rules for employers who meet or reimburse an employee's expenses - scale rate payments round sum allowances (RSA)
What to do about tax and National Insurance if you pay an employee free of tax.
How to report expenses and benefits you provide to employees or directors.
Guidance on using the tax system to offer gym memberships and sports facilities to staff.
Find out how to operate PAYE if you pay your employees with assets that can be sold or cashed in, like stocks, shares or cryptoassets.
How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing
Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status
A Guide for Employers and Employees to the role of the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) for these regulations
Workplace pensions - what employers have to do, automatic enrolment, ongoing duties, stakeholder pensions
What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
Part-time workers should not be treated less favourably than full-time workers; employers' responsibilities and what part-time workers can do if they're treated unfairly
This guide explains what the fit note is and how you can use it to have a work and health discussion.
Whistleblowing - what it is, who to tell, what to expect and how to complain if you're treated unfairly
Disciplinary rules and procedures to deal with poor performance and conduct.
Work out your new employee's tax code and starter declaration to set them up on your payroll software and register them with HMRC.
Use this calculator to work out employee National Insurance contributions, if you're an employee, employer, or a software developer.
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