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 getting 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 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 Connect to Success NI
Promote and advertise your apprenticeship and school work experience opportunities through Connect to Success, DfE's online system
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 prepare for the UK’s new 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
EU Exit: Seasonal Workers Pilot
The Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme enables a limited number of workers to travel to the UK to pick and package fruit and vegetables