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What to do about tax and National Insurance if you pay an employee free of tax.
Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments
Your employer can ask you to stay at home or take unpaid leave if there’s…
Rate and length of statutory lay-off pay You’re entitled to guarantee pay…
You could apply for redundancy and claim redundancy pay if you’ve been…
You can take on another job while you’re laid off or on short-time (unless…
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…
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing loans to employees
The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
This release is an update of the previous analysis on “zero-hours contracts” published by ONS on 25 February 2015. The report includes the latest figures from the Labour Force Survey for the period April to June 2015 and the results...
Why you need a guarantee and how to work out how much guarantee you need to cover your movements.
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Find out about our Export Development Guarantee: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
Use a customs comprehensive guarantee to cover Customs Duty, excise duty and import VAT when you regularly import goods or use common and Union transit.
A new ‘Chance to Work Guarantee’ will transform the prospects of millions of people currently out of work, supporting them to realise their aspirations and potential.
Whistleblowing - what it is, who to tell, what to expect and how to complain if you're treated unfairly
Find out how to work out VAT on supplies of staff including supplies made by staff bureaux.
Regular payroll tasks - record employee pay, calculate deductions, give payslips, report to and pay HMRC, view the balance of what you owe HMRC.
Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
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