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How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing

• Overview

  Dismissal is when you end an employee’s contract. When dismissing staff,…

• Fair dismissals

  You must have a valid reason for dismissing an employee. Valid reasons…

• Unfair dismissals

  Even if you think you’ve dismissed someone fairly, they could still claim…

• Eligibility to claim unfair dismissal

  Employees can only claim unfair dismissal if they’ve worked for a…

• Dismissals for conduct or performance reasons

  You can dismiss an employee if: they’re incapable of doing their job to…

• Dismissals due to illness

  Sometimes an employee may have to stop working because of long-term ill…

• How to dismiss someone

  During the dismissal procedure, make sure you act fairly and reasonably.…

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…

Find out about the General Anti-Abuse Rule (GAAR) Advisory Panel opinions on arrangements that rewarded employees and contractors with contrived loans.

• Updated: 16 January 2019

Employees' rights at work under fixed-term contracts - and what happens if a contract is renewed or ended.

When a business changes owner, employees could be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) - types of transfers, your rights, contracts, redundancy, where to get help

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing meals for employees and directors

If you're an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you might need to tell HMRC and pay tax and National Insurance on them

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing social functions, including annual parties, for employees

Employers might monitor workers, but if the monitoring involves taking data, images or drug testing they have to do this in a way that's legal and fair

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing gifts to employees