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Employment status of contractors and subcontractors: Tax and workplace rights
Why determining the employment status of contractors and subcontractors matters.
Health and safety requirements when using contractors and subcontractors
Your responsibility for the health and safety of any contractors or subcontractors on your business premises.
Advantages and disadvantages of using a contractor or subcontractor
Some of the advantages and disadvantages of using contractors and subcontractors.
Using contractors and subcontractors: insurance and contracts
When engaging contractors and subcontractors, you may well need public liability insurance.
Get the most from contractors and subcontractors
From engagement to completion of the contract, maximise the potential of your contractors and subcontractors.
Protect your business from rogue contractors
Tips on how to spot and avoid unscrupulous contractors.
Find a solicitor for your business
How to find a solicitor that's right for the size of your business and the industry sector which you operate in.
Legal advice for businesses
Legal advice can be useful when dealing with business premises, debt control and other key business areas.
Choose the right solicitor for your business needs
What to look for in prospective solicitors for your business and how specialist solicitors may be right for some issues.
Communicating with your solicitor
How to manage the business relationship with your solicitor and how to spot potential problems with the relationship.
Ten questions to ask before hiring a solicitor
Some useful questions you should ask solicitors before deciding to hire a solicitor for your business.
How to make a complaint about a solicitor
Key steps to take if you are unhappy with the service provided by your solicitor and where to go to complain.
Unfair dismissal: employee eligibility
Employer consequences if you dismiss someone unfairly.
Types of employee dismissal
The different types of staff dismissal and unfair dismissal claims.
Unfair dismissal
Reasons that automatically constitute the unfair dismissal of an employee.
Fair dismissal
You must have a valid reason for dismissing an employee - understand the reasons that constitute a fair dismissal.
Whistleblowing: Right of complaint to an industrial tribunal
If an employee is dismissed for making a protected disclosure, they may bring a claim to an employment tribunal.
Whistleblowing: Exceptionally serious failures
How workers are protected when reporting an exceptionally serious failure in the workplace.
Whistleblowing: Qualifying disclosures
The types of disclosure that are eligible for protection from dismissal.
Dismissals on capability grounds
How to dismiss an employee fairly when they are incapable of doing their job properly or commit some form of misconduct.