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Employment rights of older workers
How employers can meet the legal rights of older workers including retirement age, age discrimination, and caring for dependants including grandchildren and parents.
JobStart
Employer incentive scheme to help people aged 16–24 and 50-64 years old at risk of long-term unemployment enter the workplace.
Employing and supporting older workers
How employers can embrace the benefits of employing older workers and meet their legal obligations and challenges of an ageing workforce.
Five top tips to promote an age-diverse workforce
How employers can create a workplace that is inclusive to workers of all ages to give them a competitive advantage in recruitment and retention.
Ageing workforce: challenges for staff and employers
How employers can identify and address the challenges of an ageing workforce.
Online recruitment of new staff
How online recruitment differs from traditional hiring practices, the advantages of online recruitment, and how to get the most from recruiting new staff using virtual processes.
How to make online recruitment work for your business
How to ensure virtual recruitment processes fit with your business strategy and deliver the best possible candidates.
Advantages and disadvantages of online recruitment
The many business benefits that virtual recruitment processes can bring for employers hiring new staff and some potential drawbacks.
What is online recruitment?
Recruiting staff using online processes and how this differs from more traditional face-to-face recruitment practices.
Preventing communication breakdowns with family employees
How communicating with family employees may differ from communicating with non-family ones.
The difference between contractors and subcontractors
Understand the differences between contractors, and subcontractors and what this means for your business.
Family employees and health and safety
Protect the health and safety of family and non-family members at work.
Family employees and tax requirements
You must report tax, benefits, and expenses for all paid workers.
Using contractors and subcontractors
Discover how using contractors and subcontractors for short-term work or specialised skills can benefit your business.
Employing young family members
The rules on age, working hours and type of work for young people.
Employing your partner
Your legal responsibilities when employing a partner are the same as for any other employee.
Employment status of contractors and subcontractors: Tax and workplace rights
Why determining the employment status of contractors and subcontractors matters.
Health and safety requirements when using contractors and subcontractors
Your responsibility for the health and safety of any contractors or subcontractors on your business premises.
Advantages and disadvantages of using a contractor or subcontractor
Some of the advantages and disadvantages of using contractors and subcontractors.
Using contractors and subcontractors: insurance and contracts
When engaging contractors and subcontractors, you may well need public liability insurance.