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Find out about non-compliant umbrella companies using employment agencies to sell their tax avoidance schemes.
An employer can suspend an employee from work if their health and safety is in danger - employee right to pay, alternative work and how to handle problems
If you’re a UK agency or business placing or using temporary labour, find out what you can do to reduce your risk of using a non-compliant umbrella company.
Learn more about getting started as an employer or running a small business including registration, payroll, tax returns, tax bills and payments.
How to identify and manage risks, handle money safely and protect your staff and beneficiaries if your charity works overseas.
Employers have duty of care for those they employ overseas. Advice includes protecting company employees and how the UK government can assist.
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
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
You can receive an unlimited fine for employing an illegal worker - find out what happens and what you can do
A guide to farming risks, potential problems with public safety and how to avoid accidents
Legal rights for pregnant employees - including paid time off for antenatal appointments, maternity leave and pay, protection against discrimination and telling the employer about the pregnancy.
The process for recruiters to review and record the progress of pre-employment checks in Civil Service Jobs vX.
Fire safety in business and non-domestic premises: the responsible person, fire risk assessments, shared premises, new buildings, enforcement, appeals and penalties
Parole Board Member Recruitment
How to protect your employment business, and the workers you supply, from non-compliant businesses in your supply chain.
Find out how to check your risk of being involved in tax avoidance if you work through an umbrella company.
Public health principles for reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023. It relates to the definition of higher-risk...
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