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Workplace pensions and automatic enrolment - how you're affected, how pensions are protected, what happens if you move job or go on maternity leave and how to opt out
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.
International Pension Centre contact details for pension enquiries if you've lived or worked abroad
What your P45, P60 or P11D form is for, and how to get a copy if you cannot get it from your employer or have lost it.
How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.
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.
Your Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave - eligibility, what you get, how to claim.
Working time directive and maximum weekly working hours including how to calculate your weekly working hours and working time limits if you're a young worker.
Additional State Pension, also known as the State Second Pension or SERPS, is extra money on top of your basic State Pension.
Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
How to pay Class 2 self-employed National Insurance contributions - online, bank transfer, cheque, payslips.
Find out if, and how, you need to register with HMRC when you start employing people.
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
Taking up your State Pension later - what you'll get, how to defer, extra State Pension and lump sum payment.
Records and paperwork you must keep if you're self-employed as a sole trader or partner in a business: income, costs, profit, how long to keep records.
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and split…
Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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