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Employ someone: agree a contract, right to work checks, DBS checks, workplace pensions, set up PAYE, tell HMRC
The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
Includes pay, contracts, hiring and redundancies
Get your business ready to employ staff - your responsibilities as an employer, register with HMRC, set up PAYE, get insurance
Guidance for employers on employing someone outside the UK.
How to employ an apprentice, what's expected of you and what funding you can get.
The employment status of au pairs, nannies, carers, personal assistants and other people who work in your home - how to tell if they're an employee or not, what happens with the National Minimum Wage, tax and National Insurance, what...
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Information for employers on checking EU, EEA and Swiss citizens’ right to work.
Use their P45 (or starter checklist, which replaced the P46) to get information from your new employee, set them up on your payroll software, tell HMRC.
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