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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…
A person is generally classed as a ‘worker’ if: they have a contract or…
An employee is someone who works under an employment contract. A person…
An employee shareholder is someone who works under an employment contract…
A person is self-employed if they run their business for themselves and…
Company directors run limited companies on behalf of shareholders.…
A person who’s been appointed to a position by a company or organisation…
A court or employment tribunal (known as an industrial tribunal in…
Tax and reporting rules for employers covering public transport expenses for employees
As an employer covering your employees’ public transport costs, you have…
You do not have to report anything to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if…
If the public transport costs are not exempt, you may have to report them…
The following guides contain more detailed information: employment income:…
Taking time off work for public duties (for example as a magistrate, school governor or on jury service) - rights and responsibilities for employees and employers
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.
When a business changes owner, employees could be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) - types of transfers, your rights, contracts, redundancy, where to get help
Find out about the off-payroll working rules (IR35) for agencies, when the changes to these rules apply and how the changes will affect you.
Off-payroll working rules (IR35) as a contractor or an intermediary and your worker provides services to the public sector or medium and large-sized clients in the private and voluntary sectors.
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
Resources for local authority public service commissioners and senior officers.
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