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Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
As an employer, the tax and employment responsibilities you have for your…
As an employer you must give employees: a written statement of employment…
Fixed-term contracts: last for a certain length of time are set in advance…
As an employer, you can hire temporary staff through agencies. This means:…
If you hire a freelancer, consultant or contractor it means that: they are…
Zero-hours contracts are also known as casual contracts. Zero-hours…
Family If you hire family members you must: avoid special treatment in…
Information about employing an apprentice and how apprenticeship funding works.
How schools can get value for money, avoid fees and find local agencies who complete thorough background and safeguarding checks.
Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination
Information for employers on checking EU, EEA and Swiss citizens’ right to work.
Find what you or your business may need before you hire someone to act directly or indirectly on your behalf.
How to employ an apprentice, what's expected of you and what funding you can get.
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.
Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes
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
Check SIA licences for security staff such as door supervisors, security guards, CCTV operators and close protection operatives.
Find out if you need to apply for the fit and proper test and how to do this so that HMRC can register your business.
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured products you place on the market in Great Britain.
When to apply the off-payroll working rules (IR35) if you receive services from a worker through their intermediary.
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.
Check if you’re the deemed employer and what your responsibilities are if the off-payroll working rules (IR35) apply.
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
Job adverts published by AI Safety Institute (AISI) and how to submit an Expression of Interest if you’re interested in joining the AISI.
Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
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