Employing people

Services

  • Use the DBS Update Service to keep your DBS check certificates up to date or check an applicant's DBS certificate (used to be called CRB checks).

  • Make sure a job applicant can work in the UK - check they have the right documents and make sure you're not prosecuted for employing an illegal worker.

  • Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status

  • How to pay PAYE and National Insurance for employers, including Construction Industry Scheme, student loan deductions, reference numbers, bank details, deadlines and payment booklets.

  • Class 1 National Insurance (NI) contribution rates for the current tax year, what NI category letters mean.

Guidance and regulation

News and communications

Research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

Transparency and freedom of information releases