We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
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…
How to send information to Companies House through our extensible markup language (XML) schemas, by purchasing software or developing your own.
This guidance is an introduction to the Open Document Format (ODF) standard and how you can select ODF-compliant solutions.
What the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
The Company Names Tribunal practice direction provides the framework for the management of proceedings brought before the Tribunal.
Welsh translations of our most commonly used terms.
Technical specifications for developing software to send information to Companies House digitally.
The Government Property Agency brought together Civil Service leaders to exchange ideas, debate trends and inform how the GPA delivers its property services.
Terms of Reference for consultancies for the Embassy or for Embassy funded projects
InFocus brings together news and views from across the Government Property Agency
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).