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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
You can receive an unlimited fine for employing an illegal worker - find out what happens and what you can do
Learn more about getting started as an employer or running a small business including registration, payroll, tax returns, tax bills and payments.
Find guidance to help decide the employment status of a worker, including employment intermediaries.
Find out how to work out VAT on supplies of staff including supplies made by staff bureaux.
Tell HMRC if you stop employing people, cancel your PAYE scheme, report a temporary gap in paying staff
Includes types of worker, employee rights, overtime and changes to contracts
This guidance highlights the benefits of working with prisons and hiring ex-offenders to help fill skills gaps and reduce re-offending.
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
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.
Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes
What you need to do if you set up as a sole trader - check your employment status, understand your obligations, and register for tax.
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.
How to attract, recruit and retain disabled people.
Follow employment laws and plan for risks when employing paid workers at your charity.
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
PAYE for employers, getting started, reporting and paying HMRC, expenses and benefits
Guidance for employers. You need to have a sponsor licence to hire workers from outside the UK.
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