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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
Employers' responsibilities when using agencies to find staff, including health and safety, access to facilities, vacancies, continuous employment, transfer fees and complaints
Guidance for employers. You need to have a sponsor licence to hire workers from outside the UK.
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...
Get your business ready to employ staff - your responsibilities as an employer, register with HMRC, set up PAYE, get insurance
How to offer work to people arriving in the UK from Ukraine.
Advertise a job, Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks, right to work checks, discrimination law and apprenticeships
Find out how to work out and make PAYE deductions for employees who come to work in the UK.
Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
Includes pay, contracts, hiring and redundancies
How to work out National Insurance contributions if your employee has more than 1 job.
The benefits of recruiting people who have served in the armed forces and services offered by the Career Transition Partnership (CTP).
Guidance you should consider when considering the employee shareholder employment status.
This publication provides guidance for businesses considering making offers of employment to people coming to the UK from Ukraine.
Use their P45 (or starter checklist, which replaced the P46) to get information from your new employee, set them up on your payroll software, tell HMRC.
How schools can get value for money, avoid fees and find local agencies who complete thorough background and safeguarding checks.
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
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
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