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Use employment related securities (ERS) to reward, retain or give incentives to your employees, including any tax advantages.

• Updated: 10 October 2024

Employers might monitor workers, but if the monitoring involves taking data, images or drug testing they have to do this in a way that's legal and fair

• Overview

  Employers might monitor workers. This could be done in various ways, like:…

• Drug testing

  Employers have to have consent if they want to test for drugs. Usually…

• Email, CCTV and other monitoring

  Employers must explain the amount of monitoring clearly in the staff…

Find out about changes to restrictions in Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) options agreements and working time declarations.

• Updated: 11 May 2023

Your rights to request time off for training or study while in a job

• Updated: 14 September 2023

This qualitative research looks at how small and medium-sized employers select candidates for employment.

• Updated: 17 July 2014

Passenger Focus is the independent passenger watchdog, set up by the government to represent the interests of Britain’s rail passengers, bus and tram passengers in England (outside of London) and passengers on scheduled domestic coach services in England. It offers...

• Updated: 15 April 2021

Find out about the ending of COVID-19 easements for Save As You Earn share option schemes and Enterprise Management Incentive share option schemes.

• Updated: 21 March 2022

Find out about tax avoidance schemes used by some businesses to provide tax free or tax reduced rewards to their employees.

• Updated: 24 March 2022

Find out about changes announced at Spring Budget 2023, as well as forthcoming changes to end of year return templates.

• Updated: 16 March 2023