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Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
Employment agencies and businesses must keep proper records and can be inspected by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate; the records you must keep, how long to store them and what happens if you're inspected
If you’re running an employment agency or employment business you must…
You only have to keep records of work-seekers if you take action to find…
You must keep the following records about any hirers who contact you with…
Client account records Records for entertainment and modelling agencies…
The Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate checks that employment…
The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation is the trustee of the NEST occupational pension scheme. The scheme, which is run on a not-for-profit basis, ensures that all employers have access to suitable, low-charge pension provision to meet their new...
Get your business ready to employ staff - your responsibilities as an employer, register with HMRC, set up PAYE, get insurance
The rules for employment agencies and businesses: licences, vulnerable people, opting out, job advertisements, transfer fees, trade unions, terms and conditions and contracts, travel and accommodation for work-seekers
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Statistics on Employment Schemes, New Enterprise Allowance, pre-Work Programme mandatory programmes, Youth Offer, Youth Contract and Get Britain Working.
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 Insurance, what...
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