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Get ready to employ someone - your responsibilities as an employer, register with HMRC, set up PAYE, get insurance.
Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
Includes pay, contracts, hiring and redundancies
Hire staff, pay people, and meet employer duties
If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice
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...
How to employ an apprentice, what's expected of you and what funding you can get.
Information for employers on checking EU, EEA and Swiss citizens’ right to work.
This series brings together all documents relating to Defra: recruiting and employing staff
Includes types of worker, employee rights, overtime and changes to contracts
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