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Holiday entitlement and statutory holiday pay
Minimum statutory annual leave entitlement, unused holidays, and how to set these arrangements out in writing.
Pay and time off on public and bank holidays
Including bank and public holidays as part of your workers' statutory paid holiday entitlement.
Calculate holiday entitlement and holiday pay
Guidance for employers on how to calculate holiday entitlement, calculate holiday pay, and what to do with untaken leave.
Managing staff performance
Establishing clearly defined objectives and appraisal systems can help employees and improve business performance.
Managing staff holiday entitlement: five top tips
Follow these tips to help you successfully manage each worker’s holiday entitlement.
Agreeing performance objectives with staff
Objectives should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-based (SMART).
Carrying out the performance appraisal
Appraisals can be between an employee and their line manager or conducted using a 360-degree system.
Holiday pay on termination of employment
Calculating holiday pay when workers leave your employment.
Advantages of performance appraisals
Performance targets and appraisals identify areas for improvement and increase efficiency and employee performance.
Recruiting people with disabilities
How employers can adjust and take positive steps to recruit people with a disability.
Apply to claim a repayment or remission of import duty on ‘at risk’ goods brought into Northern Ireland
Check if you can apply for a repayment or remission of EU import duty paid on goods brought into Northern Ireland, through the Duty Reimbursement Scheme.
Export or move composite food products
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products.
Country guides: Exporting to the EU
Find out about individual EU markets and the opportunities for doing export business there.
Set up a staff records system
How and where to store information on your workers and who should have access to the data.
Staff records
Legal obligations for employers when gathering, keeping and using information on workers.
The staff records you must and should keep
What staff records you must keep to comply with the Data Protection Act.
Advantages of keeping staff records
How keeping staff records can benefit your business.
Staff records: your data protection obligations
How to comply with the Data Protection Act and staff data processing policies.
How long must staff records be kept?
Statutory and best-practice retention periods for staff records.
A worker's right to access their records
Subject access requests for workers to access data held on them.