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What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
Employers must make reasonable adjustments to make sure workers with disabilities or health conditions are not substantially disadvantaged
Download HMRC's free payroll software Basic PAYE Tools
Claim up to £10,500 off your employer's National Insurance (NI), who is eligible, how to claim using your payroll software.
Employer calculator - calculate your employee’s statutory redundancy payment
You must tell DVLA if you have obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) or any sleep condition or apnoea which causes excessive sleepiness.
Whistleblowing - what it is, who to tell, what to expect and how to complain if you're treated unfairly.
Apply for a sponsor licence so you can sponsor foreign workers or students to come and work or study in the UK
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.
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
Employers can use the 'Find a job’ service to advertise jobs online
Use the sponsor management system - employers sponsoring Worker and Temporary Worker visa holders
Reclaim Statutory Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Parental Bereavement Pay and Shared Parental Pay, find out about Small Employers’ Relief and get help if you cannot afford payments.
If you're an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you might need to tell HMRC and pay tax and National Insurance on them
Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code
Employer guide to Statutory Paternity Pay or Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, forms SC3 and SPP1, recover statutory pay.
Find out how to get HMRC PAYE forms including P45, P60, starter checklist (which replaced the P46), P11D.
How to pay a PAYE late payment or filing penalty, including payment methods, reference numbers, bank account details and deadlines.
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