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Employee rights and employer legal obligations - the Information and Consultation of Employee regulations, setting up information and consultation agreements, complaints
Buildings occupied by a public service organisation, eg council, libraries, education buildings etc need a Display Energy Certificate (DEC)
Who can set up employee ownership, employee shares and engagement, employee directors, model documentation
Get advice on consumer issues, your energy supply and postal service - numbers, enquiry forms, how to complain.
Work out how much statutory holiday leave you’re entitled to as an agricultural worker
Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
To offer credit to consumers you must be authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and join the Financial Services Register
Get your air conditioning system inspected by an accredited energy assessor
The rules for employment agencies and businesses: licences, vulnerable people, opting out, job advertisements, transfer fees, trade unions, terms and conditions and contracts, travel and accommodation for work-seekers
Avoiding discrimination against disabled people in recruitment – advertising the job, encouraging applications, reasonable adjustments
How legal industrial action is organised, picketing and the law and what your employment rights when you are on strike
Use this form to ask to have a respondent fined and named for non-payment.
Templates for government officials to use when completing an impact assessment (IA) or options assessment (OA) for government policy.
What you must do when you sell your company, partnership or sole trader business
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - retailer and wholesaler responsibilities, waste collection and compliance schemes.
If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
Employers' responsibilities when using agencies to find staff, including health and safety, access to facilities, vacancies, continuous employment, transfer fees and complaints
Handling employees' grievances at work - setting up a grievance procedure, holding a grievance hearing and managing appeals
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