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Use the DBS Update Service to keep your DBS check certificates up to date or check an applicant's DBS certificate (used to be called CRB checks).
How to pay PAYE and National Insurance for employers, including Construction Industry Scheme, student loan deductions, reference numbers, bank details, deadlines and payment booklets.
You must pay your PAYE bill to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by: the 22nd…
You can set up a Direct Debit through your HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)…
You’ll need to use your 13-character accounts office reference number as…
You need to add 4 extra numbers to your 13-character accounts office…
Check your HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) online account - it should update…
You must tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if you have not paid any…
Make sure a job applicant can work in the UK - check they have the right documents and make sure you're not prosecuted for employing an illegal worker.
Enrol and use HMRC's PAYE Online service to send payroll information to HMRC, to view the balance of what you owe, and to access tax codes and notices about your employees
Get help at work, including an Access to Work grant, if you have a disability or health condition - eligibility, how to apply.
Class 1 National Insurance (NI) contribution rates for the current tax year, what NI category letters mean.
Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
As an employer, if you provide company cars or fuel for your employees' private use, you'll need to work out the taxable value so you can report this to HMRC
How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
Calculate an employee’s maternity pay (SMP), paternity or adoption pay, relevant period and average weekly earnings
Find out what level of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check you can get for an employee you’re recruiting. Formerly a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.
Find out if, and how, you need to register with HMRC when you start employing people.
Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee
Check if your pay matches the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if your employer owes you payments from the previous year.
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay
Employer guide to Statutory Sick Pay - SSP rates, form SSP1, eligibility, fit notes (formerly sick notes), recover statutory pay.
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