Services

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).

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.

Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status

Get help at work, including an Access to Work grant, if you have a disability or health condition - eligibility, how to apply.

Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.

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.

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.

Apply for a sponsor licence so you can sponsor foreign workers or students to come and work or study in the UK

Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.

Use the sponsor management system - employers sponsoring Worker and Temporary Worker visa holders

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

Employers must make reasonable adjustments to make sure workers with disabilities or health conditions are not substantially disadvantaged

Employers can use the 'Find a job’ service to advertise jobs online

Search for companies that can do Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks on your behalf (formerly Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks)

How to employ an apprentice, what's expected of you and what funding you can get.

Checks employers might need to run on job applicants, including right to work in the UK, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS - formerly CRB) checks and health checks

You can receive an unlimited fine for employing an illegal worker - find out what happens and what you can do

Your insurance must cover you for at least £5 million - check authorised insurers and how you can be fined

The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before

Rights for interns and students in the workplace; work experience; work placements; rights to the National Minimum Wage.