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Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination

• Overview

  It is against the law to treat someone less favourably than someone else…

• Discrimination in recruitment

  Discrimination in job adverts You must not state or imply in a job advert…

• Discrimination in work

  You must not discriminate against your workers. This could be done by, for…

Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers

• Overview

  As an employer, the tax and employment responsibilities you have for your…

• Full-time and part-time contracts

  As an employer you must give employees: a written statement of employment…

• Fixed-term contracts

  Fixed-term contracts: last for a certain length of time are set in advance…

• Agency staff

  As an employer, you can hire temporary staff through agencies. This means:…

• Freelancers, consultants and contractors

  If you hire a freelancer, consultant or contractor it means that: they are…

• Zero-hours contracts

  Zero-hours contracts are also known as casual contracts. Zero-hours…

• Employing family, young people and volunteers

  Family If you hire family members you must: avoid special treatment in…

Workplace pensions - what employers have to do, automatic enrolment, ongoing duties, stakeholder pensions

• Employers and eligible staff

  Employers have to provide a workplace pension scheme for eligible staff as…

• How to set up a workplace pension scheme

  You must set up a workplace pension scheme for eligible staff if you do…

• Manage your workplace pension scheme

  When you’ve set up a workplace pension scheme, you must: check if and when…

Use employment related securities (ERS) to reward, retain or give incentives to your employees, including any tax advantages.

• Updated: 10 October 2024

Certification Officer (CO) guidance on eligibility, the application process and application form CO1.

• Updated: 28 February 2024

Find out what to put in your Full Payment Submission (FPS) and Employer Payment Summary (EPS) if you're paying employees through PAYE.

• Updated: 6 April 2023

Working effectively with trade unions; collective bargaining and agreements, informing and consulting, union subs, the check off, political funds, union reps

Check if you’re the deemed employer and what your responsibilities are if the off-payroll working rules (IR35) apply.

• Updated: 8 August 2024

Employers' responsibilities for diversity monitoring: gender, ethnicity, sexuality and disability balance in the workplace - including data protection

A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements