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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…
Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination
It is against the law to treat someone less favourably than someone else…
Discrimination in job adverts You must not state or imply in a job advert…
You must not discriminate against your workers. This could be done by, for…
What you can expect from your employer and what your responsibilities are as an employee. What to do if you think you are being treated unfairly at work.
Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
How to apply for a full or partial completion certificate after building work on a higher-risk building has been completed.
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
Includes recruitment and disabled people, reasonable adjustments at work and Access to Work
All private sector businesses that want to do building control work in England and Wales under the Building Act 1984 (as amended) must apply to register with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
Offshore wind firms must sign up to a ‘Fair Work Charter’ to participate in government renewables auctions.
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