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How to take an employer to a tribunal: the hearing, what happens if you lose your case, how to appeal.
Future Pension Centre contact details - for pension forecasts, statements, advice and enquiries.
Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code
How to pay Class 2 self-employed National Insurance contributions - online, bank transfer, cheque, payslips.
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.
Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods, postponing leave
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
Download HMRC's free payroll software Basic PAYE Tools
Claim capital allowances so your business pays less tax when you buy assets - equipment, fixtures, business cars, plant and machinery, annual investment allowance, first-year allowances.
Employers can use the 'Find a job’ service to advertise jobs online
Claim up to £10,500 off your employer's National Insurance (NI), who is eligible, how to claim using your payroll software.
Apply for a sponsor licence so you can sponsor foreign workers or students to come and work or study in the UK
Estimate your armed forces pension - get a forecast of your armed forces pension, apply online or by post
Employers must make reasonable adjustments to make sure workers with disabilities or health conditions are not substantially disadvantaged
'Defined contribution' and 'defined benefit' pension schemes - what they are and what you'll get from them
What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.
Working while taking your pension, State Pension age, retirement age, how long you can work, tax and national insurance, flexible working, discrimination
Employer calculator - calculate your employee’s statutory redundancy payment
Tell HMRC about changes to your business - a change of name, address, legal structure or business activity
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
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