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Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
Includes pay, contracts, hiring and redundancies
Get your business ready to employ staff - your responsibilities as an employer, register with HMRC, set up PAYE, get insurance
Guidance for employers on employing someone outside the UK.
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...
Information for employers on checking EU, EEA and Swiss citizens’ right to work.
How to employ an apprentice, what's expected of you and what funding you can get.
This series brings together all documents relating to Defra: recruiting and employing staff
Advertise a job, Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks, right to work checks, discrimination law and apprenticeships
Get advice and training if you are an employer and you want to retain and recruit employees who are also carers - telephone, email, website
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.
You must make sure that anyone you employ to drive a vehicle has the right licence and qualifications - tachographs, lorry, bus, coach, minibus
Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination
How to protect your employment business, and the workers you supply, from non-compliant businesses in your supply chain.
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Information about employing an apprentice and how apprenticeship funding works.
Employers' responsibilities when using agencies to find staff, including health and safety, access to facilities, vacancies, continuous employment, transfer fees and complaints
How to know whether the operatives you deploy are employed or self-employed, and what this means for tax and national insurance.
Learn more about getting started as an employer or running a small business including registration, payroll, tax returns, tax bills and payments.
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