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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
Part-time work Children can work part-time from the age of 14. In some…
Children under 16 School-aged children are not entitled to the National…
A child may need a licence if they’re under school leaving age and taking…
There are several restrictions on when and where children are allowed to…
Most local councils say that businesses intending to employ school-aged…
Working out a director's National Insurance, using their annual earnings period, what to report to HMRC.
Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
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.
When an employee leaves or retires, update your payroll, give the employee a P45.
Work out your new employee's tax code and starter declaration to set them up on your payroll software and register them with HMRC.
What you can do if an employee is called up for jury service, and how to sort out their pay or help them claim an allowance
Update your payroll records when an employee reaches State Pension age so they stop paying National Insurance
Run payroll for married women or widowers paying less National Insurance, forms CA4139, CF383, CF380A, use NI category letter B or E, when to stop deducting the reduced rate
Arranging final payments to employees or pension recipients who die, and reporting the death of an employee at work to the Health and Safety Executive and the police.
Update your payroll if an employee changes gender, check they're paying the right National Insurance if they're over State Pension age
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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