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What an employee needs to do when they resign from a job: how to give notice, notice period, payment arrangements, gardening leave, restrictive covenants
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay.
Find HMRC-recognised payroll software to manage your Real Time Information (RTI) PAYE payments and deductions.
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.
There is no law for a minimum or maximum temperature, but during working hours the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings must be reasonable
Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code
Use this form to tell us if you are working, or want to work, while claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
Benefits and risks of transferring your pension pot or pension in payment within the UK or overseas
Paying tax as a student - term-time jobs, holiday jobs, overseas students, jobs abroad, overpaying tax.
Use these forms to claim Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit for an accident or disease caused by work.
What you must do by law with a deductions from earnings order (DEO or AEO) to make child maintenance deductions from your employee's pay.
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
Your insurance must cover you for at least £5 million - check authorised insurers and how you can be fined
Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
Joining a union and getting recognition for collective bargaining and agreements - legal rules about membership, union reps and your rights
Part-time workers should not be treated less favourably than full-time workers; employers' responsibilities and what part-time workers can do if they're treated unfairly
You can receive an unlimited fine for employing an illegal worker - find out what happens and what you can do
Regular payroll tasks - record employee pay, calculate deductions, give payslips, report to and pay HMRC, view the balance of what you owe HMRC.
Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance
Find out if you're eligible for a State Pension from a European Economic Area country or Switzerland.
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