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Employment agencies
Guidance on running employment agency businesses including legal requirements and record-keeping
Workplace pensions
Guidance for Northern Ireland employers on choosing and running a pension scheme including their legal obligations
Dismissals, resignations and retirements
Employer guidance on dismissing staff, issuing the correct periods of notice and what to do when an employee resigns, retires or dies
Working time
Guidance for employers on hours, rest breaks and the working week, flexible working, employing part-time workers, Sunday working and night working.
Manage problems in the workplace
Employer guidance on managing conflict, dealing with bullying and handling grievances and disciplinary procedures
Statutory leave and pay entitlements
Guidance for Northern Ireland employers on pregnancy at work and maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave and pay
National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage
Guidance for employers on the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage which includes a helpful calculator
Contract types and employer responsibilities
Guidance to help Northern Ireland employers understand their responsibilities and the various contract types for their workers
Staff documents and employment policies
Key documents that Northern Ireland employers need to legally provide to their workers and policies to help manage staff
Staff pay
Guidance for Northern Ireland employers on staff pay including their legal obligations, pay rates and equal pay
Holiday, sickness and other leave
Guidance for Northern Ireland employers on holiday entitlement, allowing staff time off work and managing absence and sickness
Advertise a job
Guidance on how Northern Ireland employers can advertise their job vacancy and approach the interview process
Staff motivation
Guidance for employers on how to motivate their staff, control staff turnover and implement staff incentive schemes
Taking on staff
How Northern Ireland employers can go about recruiting staff and getting new workers started
Employment checks
Information for employers on pre-employment checks, criminal records checks and ensuring your workers are eligible to work in the UK
Redundancy, restructures and change
How employers can best manage redundancy, restructures and change, informing and consulting your employees and calculating statutory redundancy pay due to your employee
Staff training and development
Guidance to help Northern Ireland employers train their staff and develop employees' skills
Engaging with staff
Guidance for employers on communicating with staff, being an engaging manager and creating and communicating business values with integrity
Industrial action and trade unions
Guidance for Northern Ireland employers on how to work effectively with trade unions and deal with any industrial disputes
Employment and skills
Legislative guidance on all Northern Ireland employment issues including recruitment, pay, pensions, managing people and resolving conflict.