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Import and export of wood and bark
Find out the requirements for importing and exporting wood and bark for Northern Ireland.
Pay: employer obligations
Understand your legal obligations as an employer when paying your staff.
What is meant by bullying and harassment?
Offensive or insulting behaviour such as verbal abuse or public humiliation can make employees unhappy or fearful.
Dealing with bullying and harassment claims
Set up policies to deal with grievances fairly and sensitively and protect both the complainant and the alleged bully.
Preventing bullying and harassment
A properly implemented bullying and harassment policy is essential to your business.
Paying workers holiday pay
Employees' entitlement to paid annual leave.
Employee representatives during collective redundancy situations
Consulting employee representatives when you are planning to make 20 or more employees redundant.
Employee representatives during business transfers
Consulting employee representatives when employees are transferring from one employer to another.
Pension representatives
Consulting employee representatives on pension matters.
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.
Employment-protection rights for employee representatives
What employee representatives are entitled to do and have, and what may happen if you deny them these entitlements.
Ongoing consultation on health and safety matters
Representatives of employee safety and their employment rights.
Ongoing information and consultation arrangements
Representatives for negotiating and running national and transnational information and consultation arrangements.
Working effectively with employee representatives
Working with employee representatives to improve business performance and avoid disputes.
Representation for workforce agreements
Negotiating with employees on working hours, parental leave, and the use of successive fixed-term contracts.
Preventing communication breakdowns with family employees
How communicating with family employees may differ from communicating with non-family ones.
What to consider before employing family members
Ensuring that a member of your family is right for the job.
Minimising risks of employing family members
How to avoid the employment of family members creating problems for your business.
Family employees and tax requirements
You must report tax, benefits, and expenses for all paid workers.
Employing your partner
Your legal responsibilities when employing a partner are the same as for any other employee.