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The rules for putting up scaffolding on your property - licence, checks, safety, builder, scaffold companies
Check if you’re the deemed employer and what your responsibilities are if the off-payroll working rules (IR35) apply.
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
In employment law a person’s employment status helps determine: their…
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Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge Prof. Abbey on 26 November 2019
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal care or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy.
If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
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
Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge Bernadette MacQueen and Mr Waterhouse, FRICS on 23 June 2025
What to expect if you're sent to prison - prison rules and regulations, healthcare and education, prisoner rights
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