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Returning to work from paternity leave
An employee returning to work at the end of statutory paternity leave is entitled to return to the same job.
Statutory paternity pay
Who qualifies for SPP, how to recover SPP payments, and offering SPP enhancements.
What counts as pay?
Understand what actually counts as pay when paying a worker.
Paying the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage
You must ensure you pay your workers at least the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage depending on their eligibility.
Guarantee pay: employee entitlement
What guarantee pay is and who is eligible for it.
Issuing pay statements to employees
Itemised pay statements and penalties for not giving notice of variations in fixed deductions in staff pay.
How to calculate guarantee pay
How to work out the amount of guarantee pay you must pay your staff and what the exceptions are.
Statutory payments
Employee entitlement to statutory payments.
Employment and skills - find a case study
Our case studies give an insight into how real businesses deal with employment and skills issues on a practical level
Direct Earnings Attachments (DEA): making deductions from an employee's salary
The Department for Communities will write to you if you need to make DEA deductions for an employee.
Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) payment schedule
The supporting payment schedule for a DEA that must be completed and issued in order to ensure that the correct payment is allocated to the correct debtor account.
Universal Credit
Employer guidance on Universal Credit - a payment for working-age people who are on a low income or are out of work.
Tips for creating an LGBTQIA+ inclusive workplace
Practical steps to help employers make lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and/or asexual (LGBTQIA+) staff feel included and respected in the workplace.
What is sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace?
How to identify different types of workplace sexual orientation discrimination and some examples of these.
LGBT staff: employer legal duties
The legal responsibilities to ensure that employers do not discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans staff.
Supporting trans staff
How employers can support trans employees by ensuring the unique challenges they face are minimised.
Employing and supporting LGBTQIA+ workers
How employers can develop an inclusive workplace environment and support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and/or asexual (LGBTQIA+) staff.
Advantages of employing and retaining older workers
Key benefits that employing and retaining older workers can bring to businesses.
Employment rights of older workers
How employers can meet the legal rights of older workers including retirement age, age discrimination, and caring for dependants including grandchildren and parents.
Employing and supporting older workers
How employers can embrace the benefits of employing older workers and meet their legal obligations and challenges of an ageing workforce.