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Rest breaks and rest periods when working
The breaks workers are entitled to take during working hours and between working days, depending on their employment status.
Commercial dispute resolution
Guide to business dispute resolution options including mediation, arbitration, adjudication and litigation and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
What counts as pay?
Understand what counts as pay and what doesn't when paying a worker.
Paying staff
Guidance for Northern Ireland employers on staff pay including their legal obligations, pay rates and equal pay.
Staff pay
Understand your legal obligations as an employer when paying your staff.
Commercial dispute resolution: adjudication
Adjudication is a popular method of commercial dispute resolution, often used in the construction industry.
Commercial dispute resolution: litigation
When alternative dispute resolution methods fail, court-based litigation can be used to come to a decision.
Guarantee pay: employee entitlement
What guarantee pay is and who is eligible for it.
How to calculate guarantee pay
How to work out the amount of guarantee pay you must pay your staff and what the exceptions are.
Finding support and funding for my creative business - Jude Cassidy (video)
Award-winning textile designer Jude Cassidy talks about finding support and funding to grow her creative business.
E-commerce pitfalls - design and usability concerns
Understand the importance of good design and usability in the success of your e-commerce site and avoid the common pitfalls of e-commerce design.
E-commerce pitfalls - marketing considerations
Understand why effective marketing is such a vital element in the success of your e-commerce site including developing a plan and using the right tactics.
E-commerce pitfalls - content problems
Ensuring that the content of your e-commerce site meets the expectations of your users and is accurate, easy to read, regularly updated and interesting.
E-commerce pitfalls - lack of planning
How a lack of effective planning, targets and focus can lead to problems with your e-commerce system and create issues as you try to sell your products online.
Support for women in business
Support programmes available to business women and potential women entrepreneurs in Northern Ireland
Improving retail resource efficiency
How retailers can use a systematic approach to improving their use of materials, energy and water and save money.
Do you have the qualities to be a young entrepreneur?
Find out if you have the skills and experience to become a young entrepreneur
Business networks and support for disabled entrepreneurs
A list of organisations and networks that provide support for disabled entrepreneurs
E-commerce pitfalls - shopping cart problems
Identifying problems that can occur at the checkout stage of your e-commerce site and how to avoid them to help increase your online sales.
Display screen equipment health and safety
Computer screens, keyboards and pointing devices must meet certain criteria to comply with to meet health and safety law and protect your staff from injuries.