Taking on staff

Consider why you need more staff and how you can recruit the ones that best meet your needs

Guidance for employers on what you need to do when hiring workers from outside the UK including sponsor licences

How employers can support migrant workers in their business

Deciding who to offer a job to, offering them the job and taking them through an induction process

Discover how using contractors and subcontractors for short-term work or specialised skills can benefit business

Guidance on how Northern Ireland employers can advertise their job vacancy and approach the interview process

Understand employment status and how to check the status of different workers, employees, contractors and directors

Meet your legal obligations to fixed-term employees by understanding employment rules

When you need to register with HM Revenue & Customs, how to do so, and when you don't need to register

Checks you must make to ensure new employees are entitled to work in the UK, how to identify their employment status and getting started with PAYE and payroll

Promote and advertise your apprenticeship and school work experience opportunities through Connect to Success, DfE's online system

Practical steps and support available to employers to meet the changes as a result of EU Exit from 1 January 2021