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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...
You’re usually considered the employer of a nanny, housekeeper, gardener…
Au pairs usually live with the family they work for and are unlikely to be…
Check if you can apply for Authorised Use relief to reduce your payments when you import goods for a specific use. This can include repairs, maintenance or processing.
Tax and reporting rules for employers covering the cost of employees using their own vehicles for business travel
Use form CA40 if HMRC has told you, as an employee, to deduct National Insurance contributions from your wages.
Whistleblowing - what it is, who to tell, what to expect and how to complain if you're treated unfairly
This note is part of the statutory guidance under s215 of the HRA 2008 (from 1 April 2024)
Tax advantages on employee share schemes including Share Incentive Plans, Save As You Earn, Company Share Option Plans and Enterprise Management Incentives
PAYE if your employees work abroad, including applying for exemption in the other country.
Taking time off work for public duties (for example as a magistrate, school governor or on jury service) - rights and responsibilities for employees and employers
How to tax mileage allowance payments and passenger payments for employee business travel.
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Form to be used to apply by post for a Voter Authority Certificate.
How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing
Who can set up employee ownership, employee shares and engagement, employee directors, model documentation
The law on smoking in the workplace and what businesses must do to prevent smoking at work
Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
How to know whether the operatives you deploy are employed or self-employed, and what this means for tax and national insurance.
Personal data an employer can keep about an employee, and employee rights to see this information under data protection rules
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