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Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing vouchers to employees
Rights of employees when accepting conditional and unconditional job offers and about breach of contract
The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
When to tell a potential employer, university, college or insurance company about a criminal record, when it becomes 'spent' and what shows up on a DBS check.
Grievances and disciplinary action at work can be solved by informal discussions, formal procedures, mediation, conciliation or arbitration.
Disciplinary procedures your employer has at work - disciplinary hearings, appeals, suspension, dismissal and help and advice
How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract
Your Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim and eligibility
Employees can raise a grievance at work when an informal solution is not possible - grievance procedure, mediation, meetings, appeals
How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
Employment rights and questions you can be asked about your disability - disability symbol, employment advisers and reasonable adjustments
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
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.
When employers move, employees with mobility clauses, what happens with redundancies, compensation, disputes and company takeovers
Check if you’re paying a worker the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if you owe them payments for the previous year.
Accommodation provided by an employer can affect the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage: offset rates, accommodation charges.
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
Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes
Where you can work, your rights, healthcare, tax and National Insurance payments.
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