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Who can set up employee ownership, employee shares and engagement, employee directors, model documentation
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
In employment law a person’s employment status helps determine: their…
A person is generally classed as a ‘worker’ if: they have a contract or…
An employee is someone who works under an employment contract. A person…
An employee shareholder is someone who works under an employment contract…
A person is self-employed if they run their business for themselves and…
Company directors run limited companies on behalf of shareholders.…
A person who’s been appointed to a position by a company or organisation…
A court or employment tribunal (known as an industrial tribunal in…
Guidance and model documentation for businesses about moving to employee ownership.
How to protect your employment business, and the workers you supply, from non-compliant businesses in your supply chain.
ISSUES UNDER THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC LIMITED-LIABILITY COMPANY (EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT) REGULATIONS ON WHICH APPLICATIONS OR COMPLAINTS CAN BE MADE TO THE CAC
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
Guidance you should consider when considering the employee shareholder employment status.
Employee rights and employer legal obligations - the Information and Consultation of Employee regulations, setting up information and consultation agreements, complaints
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
Get your business ready to employ staff - your responsibilities as an employer, register with HMRC, set up PAYE, get insurance
As an employer, you might need to report any expenses or benefits you provide to employees - tax and National Insurance (NI) payments
How to know whether the operatives you deploy are employed or self-employed, and what this means for tax and national insurance.
Guidance documents and updates for Sellafield Ltd employees.
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.
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Personal data an employer can keep about an employee, and employee rights to see this information under data protection rules
Find out how to value company benefits for your employees.
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
Tax advantages on employee share schemes including Share Incentive Plans, Save As You Earn, Company Share Option Plans and Enterprise Management Incentives
Find out how to work out VAT on supplies of staff including supplies made by staff bureaux.
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