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Rights of employees when accepting conditional and unconditional job offers and about breach of contract
Checks employers might need to run on job applicants, including right to work in the UK, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS - formerly CRB) checks and health checks
How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract
Improve skills like reading, writing, maths or Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - courses, qualifications, find a course and help
Rights for interns and students in the workplace; work experience; work placements; rights to the National Minimum Wage.
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
Joining a union and getting recognition for collective bargaining and agreements - legal rules about membership, union reps and your rights
Late commercial payments - interest and debt recovery costs you can charge businesses for late payments
How to claim Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave: what you can get, check if you're eligible and how to claim it.
Get your business ready to employ staff - your responsibilities as an employer, register with HMRC, set up PAYE, get insurance
Disciplinary procedures your employer has at work - disciplinary hearings, appeals, suspension, dismissal and help and advice
Grievances and disciplinary action at work can be solved by informal discussions, formal procedures, mediation, conciliation or arbitration.
How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing
Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
When employers move, employees with mobility clauses, what happens with redundancies, compensation, disputes and company takeovers
Unincorporated associations are organisations set up through an agreement between a group of people who come together for a reason other than to make a profit
The King's Awards for Enterprise - how to enter, online entry forms, guidance notes, deadline, nominations, award categories
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
What to do if you're an employer who has been taken to an employment tribunal. Find out about the hearing, what happens if you lose your case and how to appeal.
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