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Check if a document allows someone to work in the UK
Find out if a potential employee has the right to work in the UK and what documents employers should check.
Calculate the statutory redundancy pay due to your employee
Employer calculator for calculating your employee’s statutory redundancy payment.
National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage - Acas Helpline
Find out more about the minimum wage by contacting Acas.
Five top tips for employers on paying the minimum wage
Practical tips to help employers meet their obligations on correctly paying the minimum wage.
National Minimum Wage: previous rates
Minimum wage rates for previous years from 1999 to the current period.
Minimum wage enforcement and penalties
How minimum wage law is enforced and the penalties you could face if you don't pay it correctly.
Managing absence templates
Sample documents to help you manage staff absence with employment policies that follow good practice and comply with legislation.
Acquire assets and borrow money tax efficiently
Tax efficient methods of borrowing and how they can apply to your business.
Calculating tax relief when acquiring an asset
How tax relief can work in different ways when borrowing or leasing to acquire an asset.
Tax relief for buying or leasing assets
Information on the tax reliefs available when buying or leasing assets, and the rules for VAT.
AccessNI criminal records checks
The types of AccessNI checks, the information they reveal, and how to apply for them.
Invest Northern Ireland Employers' Handbook
The Employers' Handbook from Invest Northern Ireland outlines legal essentials and best practice guidelines for effective HR management.
Online recruitment of new staff
How online recruitment differs from traditional hiring practices, the advantages of virtual recruitment, and how to get the most from recruiting new staff using digital processes.
What to consider before you ask the applicant for an AccessNI check
Key points to think about when requesting AccessNI checks.
Assessing your cash needs: creditors and debtors
Debtor days ratios and creditor days ratios estimate how long you take to pay debts and customers take to pay you.
Assessing your cash needs: assets and liabilities
Gearing ratios, working capital ratios and quick ratios are useful tools to compare assets and liabilities.
Avoid the problems of overtrading: assets
How to solve cashflow shortfalls and bring new money into the business in a variety of ways.
Avoid the problems of overtrading: debts
Debt factoring, prompt payment discounts and regulating cashflow help reduce the risk of overtrading.
Matching sales and production cycles
Ensuring a closer match between sales and production cycles can help avoid overtrading.
What is overtrading?
How insufficient finance and resources to sustain a business’s level of trading can lead to overtrading.