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Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
Redundancy is when you dismiss an employee because you no longer need…
You should take steps to avoid compulsory redundancies, for example by:…
You can lay off an employee (ask them to stay at home or take unpaid…
Voluntary redundancy This is where you ask employees if they’d like to…
If you decide you need to make compulsory redundancies, you must: identify…
If you do not consult employees in a redundancy situation, any…
You must give staff notice and agree a leaving date once you’ve finished…
Employees you make redundant might be entitled to redundancy pay - this is…
If you make staff redundant, you may give them a ‘termination payment’.…
If you have to make redundancies, Jobcentre Plus can give you and your…
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
As an employer, the tax and employment responsibilities you have for your…
As an employer you must give employees: a written statement of employment…
Fixed-term contracts: last for a certain length of time are set in advance…
As an employer, you can hire temporary staff through agencies. This means:…
If you hire a freelancer, consultant or contractor it means that: they are…
Zero-hours contracts are also known as casual contracts. Zero-hours…
Family If you hire family members you must: avoid special treatment in…
Employers' responsibilities when using agencies to find staff, including health and safety, access to facilities, vacancies, continuous employment, transfer fees and complaints
Find out how to work out VAT on supplies of staff including supplies made by staff bureaux.
Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended
A contract is an agreement between employee and employer setting out implied and explicit terms and conditions - written statement of particulars, collective agreements
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
Find out about our Bills and Notes Guarantee: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
Using Compromise Agreements if your employee stops working for you and has a potential claim against you for statutory pay as wages or salary.
What to do when paying maternity pay if an employee leaves, becomes sick, dies, or is awarded a pay rise.
New and old Fair Deal policy, TUPE regulations, bulk transfers and broad comparability assessments; GAD support for public sector organisations.
How employment contracts can be changed, problems with changes and breach of contract
Strikes and industrial action - rights and responsibilities for employers, when unions can take action and the effect on employees' pay and working records
The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment of Judge Barry Clarke on 23 July 2024.
Find out why you need to get a premises guarantee and how to get one.
Discrimination policy and equal opportunities in recruitment and in the workplace - age discrimination, disabled workers, gender reassignment, sex discrimination
Apply to set up an arrangement with your employer to be kept informed and to be consulted
Information for NHS trusts on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) health temporary staff frameworks approved by NHS Improvement.
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