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Work involving children and adults - your obligations
For positions that involve working in regulated activity with children or adults, enhanced checks are required.
AccessNI: who needs to apply and types of checks
Standard and Enhanced AccessNI checks and how long they are valid for.
How to apply for an AccessNI criminal records check
Applying for an AccessNI check by phone, post, or electronically.
AccessNI costs and how long checks take
How much it costs to apply for an AccessNI check and how long you can expect to wait for it to be processed.
AccessNI checks for overseas applicants
Checking an applicant's overseas criminal record and their right to work in the UK.
Employing someone with a criminal record
What information may be disclosed by an AccessNI check, recruiting ex-offenders, and withdrawing job offers.
How to register with AccessNI
Registering your organisation with AccessNI in order to access criminal records checks.
Current delivery times for AccessNI disclosure certificates
Find out the latest delivery times for AccessNI certificates.
Accepting a previously-issued AccessNI check
Accepting previously issued AccessNI checks, revealing information about these to other organisations, and security features of.
Employees working from home
The key issues to consider if you decide that working from home is a possibility for your business.
Staff health and wellbeing
Best practice guidance for employers to maximise the health and wellbeing of their workers.
Equal pay law and employer best practice
Legal responsibilities for Northern Ireland employers under the equal pay legislation and best practice advice.
Equal pay and occupational pension schemes
How equal pay provisions apply to employee rights and occupational pension schemes.
Choosing a comparator for equal pay claims
How a female employee can choose the colleague or colleagues she wants to be compared to.
Equal pay and part-time work
The rights of part-time workers to equal pay and other treatment that is not unfavourable.
Defences to an equal pay claim
Valid reasons why an employer might lawfully be able to impose unequal pay and other terms of employment.
How to set up an account to defer duty payments when you import goods
Find out how to apply for a duty deferment account, so you can delay paying most customs or tax charges when you import goods or release goods from an excise warehouse.
Equal pay, pregnancy and maternity leave
The rights of employees who are pregnant or on maternity leave to receive pay rises and bonuses.
Benefits of carrying out an equal pay audit
How to audit your pay system to make sure it is transparent, equal, and fair.
Equal pay: Upcoming legal changes
Changes that will come into force in relation to the Employment Act (NI) 2016.