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Recruitment forms and templates
Sample recruitment templates including forms, letters, and documents to help you recruit, shortlist and interview potential employees.
Maternity leave and pay
The statutory rights to leave and pay when an employee has a baby.
Notification and confirmation of maternity leave
Employee and employer obligations regarding maternity leave notification.
The right to maternity leave
Who qualifies for statutory maternity leave and how employers may offer enhanced leave rights.
JobStart
Employer incentive scheme to help people aged 16–24 and 50-64 years old at risk of long-term unemployment enter the workplace.
Maternity leave and protection against detriment or dismissal
You must not unfairly treat or dismiss employees because they are taking, took, or sought to take statutory maternity leave.
Changing a return date after maternity leave
Notification from employees regarding changes to their return date, or if they don't intend to return to work at all.
Holiday and pensions during maternity leave
An employee's contractual benefits during maternity leave.
Terms and conditions during maternity leave
Certain terms and conditions continue to apply during statutory maternity leave.
Contact and work during maternity leave
You can keep in contact with an employee during maternity leave and she may work up to ten keeping-in-touch days.
Returning to work from maternity leave
The automatic right to return to the same job depends on whether the employee is returning from ordinary maternity leave or additional maternity leave.
When maternity leave can begin
Beginning maternity leave and reasons why the start date may need to be changed.
Maternity pay
Eligibility for statutory maternity pay (SMP), how to recover SMP payments, and the option of enhancements to SMP.
National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage records and reporting
Legal requirements on keeping national wage records.
National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage - rates and overview
An overview of the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates and your main responsibilities as an employer.
National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates
Current minimum wage rates for Northern Ireland workers.
What is included in minimum wage pay?
What counts for National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage pay.
Who should be paid the minimum wage?
Examples of workers entitled to the minimum wage and those that are not.
Calculating minimum wage pay
How to calculate pay for National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage purposes.
National Living Wage
The National Living Wage is £11.44 an hour for workers aged 21 years old and older.