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The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
Get your business ready to employ staff - your responsibilities as an employer, register with HMRC, set up PAYE, get insurance
Follow employment laws and plan for risks when employing paid workers at your charity.
Includes pay, contracts, hiring and redundancies
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...
Guidance for employers on employing someone outside the UK.
Tell HMRC if you stop employing people, cancel your PAYE scheme, report a temporary gap in paying staff
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.
This series brings together all documents relating to Defra: recruiting and employing staff
Employers' responsibilities when using agencies to find staff, including health and safety, access to facilities, vacancies, continuous employment, transfer fees and complaints
This guidance explains what providers of children’s homes must do under the law when recruiting and employing staff.
Advertise a job, Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks, right to work checks, discrimination law and apprenticeships
How to consider applications from NHS pensioners wishing to return to work for the NHS.
Get advice and training if you are an employer and you want to retain and recruit employees who are also carers - telephone, email, website
Find out if, and how, you need to register with HMRC when you start employing people.
Learn more about getting started as an employer or running a small business including registration, payroll, tax returns, tax bills and payments.
Guidance for employers. You need to have a sponsor licence to hire workers from outside the UK.
You can receive an unlimited fine for employing an illegal worker - find out what happens and what you can do
Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes
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