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Making deductions from a worker's pay
Legally required deductions such as National Insurance and income tax.
Employee representatives
Understand the role of employee representatives and situations when you may need to consult them on issues affecting your workforce.
Funding for innovation start-ups
How to fund an innovation start-up through private financing, equity investments and publicly funded schemes
Funding product or service innovation
Where to find innovation funding and support to start or grow your business through innovation and carry out innovation projects
Concept development and testing
How to define new product concept and test it with your market segment to determine if the product will be a success
UK innovation funding
Where to find support and funding for Northern Ireland businesses looking to create innovative new products and services.
Dealing with HMRC
Guidance for businesses & individuals on how to report changes to HMRC, get help with tax and appoint someone to deal with your tax affairs.
Different ways to account for VAT
Details of the various accounting schemes for VAT and record-keeping
Stop being self-employed (video)
Step-by-step video guide to stopping your Self Assessment online if you're self-employed
Handling grievances
How to keep staff and maintain morale by resolving grievances effectively and quickly.
Pregnancy at work
Pregnant employees' rights in relation to health and safety, antenatal care, and dismissal/discrimination.
Employees' right to paid time off for antenatal care
A pregnant employee is entitled to paid time off to attend antenatal care appointments during working hours.
Grievance procedures and the employment contract
How to communicate your grievance procedure and whether or not to make it contractual.
Health and safety of pregnant workers
Employers' additional health and safety obligations towards pregnant workers and female workers of childbearing age.
Medical suspension on maternity grounds
When an employee who is pregnant, or has recently given birth, or who is breast-feeding may have to be suspended from work on maternity grounds.
Appeals against grievance decisions
What an employer can do when an employee appeals against the decision of the first grievance hearing.
Writing your grievance procedure
A grievance procedure deals with grievances in a fair and reasonable manner.
Breastfeeding and the workplace
How employers can support employees to continue breastfeeding on their return to work after maternity leave.
Holding a grievance hearing
How to run a grievance hearing, informing the employee of its outcome and dealing with delays.
The legal consequences of failing to gain statutory immunity
How the law works when the statutory immunities do not apply, making any subsequent industrial action unlawful.