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Calculate an employee’s maternity pay (SMP), paternity or adoption pay, relevant period and average weekly earnings
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
Loans and mentoring for people looking to start or grow a business in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties - who has to pay, how your rates are calculated, getting a revaluation, what to do if your premises change.
When your company or organisation pays Corporation Tax - paying, reporting and dormant companies
Tell HMRC if you've stopped being self-employed, or you're ending or leaving a business partnership - responsibilities, tax returns, letting any employees know.
Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Find out if, and how, you need to register with HMRC when you start employing people.
Estimate your business rates by multiplying the rateable value of your business property by a multiplier value set by the government.
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee
How to pay Class 1A National Insurance for employers, including a HMRC reference number, bank details, Faster Payments, CHAPS, Bacs, overseas payments and deadlines.
Check if your pay matches the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if your employer owes you payments from the previous year.
Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay
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
What happens if someone makes a money claim against you, saying you owe them money, and how you can respond or defend yourself
Find out what level of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check you can get for an employee you’re recruiting. Formerly a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.
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