Search results
AccessNI costs and how long checks take
How much it costs to apply for an AccessNI check and how long you can expect to wait for it to be processed.
What counts as pay?
Understand what actually counts as pay when paying a worker.
Paying the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage
You must ensure you pay your workers at least the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage depending on their eligibility.
Guarantee pay: employee entitlement
What guarantee pay is and who is eligible for it.
Issuing pay statements to employees
Itemised pay statements and penalties for not giving notice of variations in fixed deductions in staff pay.
How to calculate guarantee pay
How to work out the amount of guarantee pay you must pay your staff and what the exceptions are.
Statutory payments
Employee entitlement to statutory payments.
Carry out international road haulage
What United Kingdom goods vehicle operators need to do in order to carry out international road haulage.
How to move goods by air
How to comply with requirements for customs and the key documents you'll need to transport goods by air.
Insurance for international road transport
How to insure your goods against loss, damage and delay for international trade when using road transport.
Different road haulage vehicles
An overview of the key characteristics of the main vehicles used for road haulage in international trade.
Airfreight documentation
An overview of some of the common paperwork required when you're sending airfreight consignments.
Airfreight insurance
How to protect your airfreight consignments with insurance cover in the event of loss or damage.
Airfreight rates
An overview of the basic costs of airfreight, your VAT obligations and other additional expenses.
Direct Earnings Attachments (DEA): making deductions from an employee's salary
The Department for Communities will write to you if you need to make DEA deductions for an employee.
Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) payment schedule
The supporting payment schedule for a DEA that must be completed and issued in order to ensure that the correct payment is allocated to the correct debtor account.
Setting up and running a taxi service
An overview of the rules for operating a taxi service in Northern Ireland and the licences you'll need to operate.
Taxi operator licensing
You need a Taxi Operator Licence from the Driver Vehicle Agency to run a taxi business in Northern Ireland.
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.
How to move goods by road
An overview of how to transport goods by road and the key documents, insurance and licensing requirements for transit.