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The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
Check if you’re the deemed employer and what your responsibilities are if the off-payroll working rules (IR35) apply.
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...
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Lord Stuart on 8 April 2024.
Overview of OTS work relating to simplifying tax reporting and payments for self-employed people.
Information for employers on checking EU, EEA and Swiss citizens’ right to work.
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Wikeley on 08 May 2024
Find out if you're an employment intermediary and what you need to do to make sure your worker's tax and National Insurance is paid correctly.
Off-payroll working rules for clients, workers (contractors) and their intermediaries.
Find guidance to help decide the employment status of a worker, including employment intermediaries.
Who can set up employee ownership, employee shares and engagement, employee directors, model documentation
Use the Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool to find out if you, or a worker on a specific engagement, should be classed as employed or self-employed for tax purposes.
Get your business ready to employ staff - your responsibilities as an employer, register with HMRC, set up PAYE, get insurance
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
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