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Employees working for one employer without a break, employments rights for continuous services, breaks that do not affect continuous service
Employment agencies and businesses must keep proper records and can be inspected by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate; the records you must keep, how long to store them and what happens if you're inspected
If you’re running an employment agency or employment business you must…
You only have to keep records of work-seekers if you take action to find…
You must keep the following records about any hirers who contact you with…
Client account records Records for entertainment and modelling agencies…
The Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate checks that employment…
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
Redundancy is when you dismiss an employee because you no longer need…
You should take steps to avoid compulsory redundancies, for example by:…
You can lay off an employee (ask them to stay at home or take unpaid…
Voluntary redundancy This is where you ask employees if they’d like to…
If you decide you need to make compulsory redundancies, you must: identify…
If you do not consult employees in a redundancy situation, any…
You must give staff notice and agree a leaving date once you’ve finished…
Employees you make redundant might be entitled to redundancy pay - this is…
If you make staff redundant, you may give them a ‘termination payment’.…
If you have to make redundancies, Jobcentre Plus can give you and your…
What qualifies as ordinary commuting and private travel for tax purposes.
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy
Find out about continued impact of coronavirus on employee share schemes, Enterprise Management Incentive, Save as you Earn extended holiday, Shares Assets Valuation mailbox and Non Statutory Clearance process.
Guidance documents and updates for Sellafield Ltd employees.
Check if you’re the deemed employer and what your responsibilities are if the off-payroll working rules (IR35) apply.
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
When to apply the off-payroll working rules (IR35) if you receive services from a worker through their intermediary.
Personal data an employer can keep about an employee, and employee rights to see this information under data protection rules
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
How to protect your employment business, and the workers you supply, from non-compliant businesses in your supply chain.
Guidance for reservists and their employers about what happens before, during and after mobilisation, applying to delay or cancel mobilisation, getting financial assistance, reservists' rights during redundancy
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