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How to account for VAT on goods and services provided by registered health professionals, including doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists.
Get advice and training if you are an employer and you want to retain and recruit employees who are also carers - telephone, email, website
Tell HMRC if you stop employing people, cancel your PAYE scheme, report a temporary gap in paying staff
Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Information for employers on checking EU, EEA and Swiss citizens’ right to work.
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
How schools can get value for money, avoid fees and find local agencies who complete thorough background and safeguarding checks.
Learn more about getting started as an employer or running a small business including registration, payroll, tax returns, tax bills and payments.
How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing
How employers must handle written and verbal staff resignations, business transfers and redundancy pay
Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job
Employee rights and employer legal obligations - the Information and Consultation of Employee regulations, setting up information and consultation agreements, complaints
Includes types of worker, employee rights, overtime and changes to contracts
Check what you need to do to employ teachers who are non-UK citizens.
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