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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
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
Redundancy is when you dismiss an employee because you no longer need…
You should take steps to avoid compulsory redundancies, for example by:…
You can lay off an employee (ask them to stay at home or take unpaid…
Voluntary redundancy This is where you ask employees if they’d like to…
If you decide you need to make compulsory redundancies, you must: identify…
If you do not consult employees in a redundancy situation, any…
You must give staff notice and agree a leaving date once you’ve finished…
Employees you make redundant might be entitled to redundancy pay - this is…
If you make staff redundant, you may give them a ‘termination payment’.…
If you have to make redundancies, Jobcentre Plus can give you and your…
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.
Find out how to work out and make PAYE deductions for employees who come to work in the UK.
Workplace pensions - what employers have to do, automatic enrolment, ongoing duties, stakeholder pensions
Employers' responsibilities when using agencies to find staff, including health and safety, access to facilities, vacancies, continuous employment, transfer fees and complaints
Find out what steps you need to take before you calculate how much you can claim for furloughed and flexibly furloughed employees.
How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing
Regular payroll tasks - record employee pay, calculate deductions, give payslips, report to and pay HMRC, view the balance of what you owe HMRC.
Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay
Find out if a person’s qualifications allow them to work in an early years setting, and if you can include them in staff:child ratios.
Work out your new employee's tax code and starter declaration to set them up on your payroll software and register them with HMRC.
Calculate how much you have to pay your furloughed employees for hours on furlough and how much you can claim back.
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
How to calculate your employee's Statutory Sick Pay if you cannot use the GOV.UK calculator.
Data First is an ambitious data-linking programme led by the Ministry of Justice and funded by ADR UK.
What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.
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