Taking on staff
How to employ someone: step-by-step
Check what you need to do to employ someone to work for you
Recruiting staff
Consider why you need more staff and how you can recruit the ones that best meet your needs.
Virtual recruitment of new staff
How virtual recruitment differs from traditional hiring practices, advantages of virtual recruitment and how to get the most from recruiting new staff using online processes
Advertise a job
Guidance on how Northern Ireland employers can advertise their job vacancy and approach the interview process
Job offers and staff inductions
Deciding who to offer a job to, offering them the job, and taking them through an induction process.
How to register as an employer
When you need to register with HM Revenue & Customs, how to do so, and when you don't need to register.
Taking on a new employee - important checks for employers
Checks you must make to ensure new employees are entitled to work in the UK, how to identify their employment status, and get started with PAYE and payroll.
Recruiting people from outside the UK
Guidance for employers on what you need to do when hiring workers from outside the UK including sponsor licences.
Recruiting people with conflict-related convictions
Best practice guidance for employers recruiting people with NI conflict-related convictions that took place before the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement 1998
Employing migrant workers in Northern Ireland
How employers can support migrant workers in their business.
Using contractors and subcontractors
Discover how using contractors and subcontractors for short-term work or specialised skills can benefit your business.
Understanding fixed-term contracts
Meet your legal obligations to fixed-term employees by understanding employment rules.
Employment status
Understand employment status and how to check the status of different workers, employees, contractors, and directors.
Advertise apprenticeship and school work experience opportunities on JobApplyNI
Promote and advertise your apprenticeship and school work experience opportunities through JobApplyNI.
Recruiting people from outside the UK
Guidance for employers on what you need to do when hiring workers from outside the UK including sponsor licences.
UK points-based immigration system: employer information
Information to help employers meet the UK’s points-based immigration system.
UK visa sponsorship for employers
You’ll usually need a sponsor licence to employ someone to work for you from outside the UK
EU Exit: Frontier Worker permit
Guidance for employers of frontier workers who want to continue working in the UK or who wish to begin employment in the UK.
Skilled Worker visa
Visa allowing workers to come to the UK to do an eligible skilled job with an approved employer
Scale-up Worker visa
Visa allowing workers to come to the UK to do an eligible job for a fast-growing business