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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 In…
Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job
Find out about help you can get moving from benefits to work - training, work trials, starting your own business, help with drug or alcohol problems, carer support
If there is a mistake on your DBS certificate, the forms and guidance explain what you need to do.
Check if you’re paying a worker the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if you owe them payments for the previous year.
Set up a Payroll Giving scheme for your employees using PAYE - when to make deductions, costs of running the scheme, which charities are eligible and what they must do when they get the donation
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing vouchers to employees
Career breaks - eligibility and notice periods, contract terms and conditions.
As an agency worker, you have certain rights when using temp, recruitment agencies or employment agencies to find work - pay, holidays, equal treatment, fees.
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
Appeal a mistake on a criminal record check certificate or appeal a decision on DBS's list of people who are barred from certain roles
Check if you’ll pay tax or National Insurance on the 'termination payment' you may get when leaving a job.
For additional information you cannot fit on your Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application form.
Apply for financial help from HMRC if you cannot afford to fund an employee's tax refund
Compensation Recovery Unit forms for use by compensators (eg insurers) and their representatives (eg solicitors).
Information and advice about discrimination and human rights issues
Employer's responsibilities during the process of union recognition.
Where possible, you should make barring referrals using the online Barring Referral Service. If you need to make your referral by paper, guidance and forms are below.
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
Work out how much statutory holiday leave you’re entitled to as an agricultural worker
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