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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Find out about the legal background to expenses payments and benefits received by directors and employees.
Find out how to work out and make PAYE deductions for employees who come to work in the UK.
How to know whether the operatives you deploy are employed or self-employed, and what this means for tax and national insurance.
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
What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.
Find out what you need to do when an employee leaves, becomes sick, dies, or if the child is born early or dies.
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee
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
Apply for a Senior or Specialist Worker visa to work for your employer’s UK branch - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
Dismissal is when your employer ends your employment - reasons you can be dismissed, unfair and constructive dismissal and what to do if you're dismissed
Find out about how and what you’ll be paid and how to check your pay when you’re employed by an umbrella company as a temporary worker.
Apply for an Overseas Domestic Worker visa if you've worked for your employer for at least a year - eligibility, fees, knowledge of English, your employment rights
Employer guide to Statutory Sick Pay - SSP rates, form SSP1, eligibility, fit notes (formerly sick notes), recover statutory pay.
PAYE if your employees work abroad, including applying for exemption in the other country.
Find out what to do if, as an employer, you cease trading, become insolvent, take over an existing business or make employees redundant when paying Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay.
How to work out National Insurance contributions if your employee has more than 1 job.
Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers
Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members
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