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Right to work checks: Employing EU, EEA and Swiss citizens
Information for employers on checking EU, EEA, and Swiss citizens’ right to work.
Scale-up Worker visa
Visa allowing workers to come to the UK to do an eligible job for a fast-growing business.
Check a job applicant's right to work: use their share code
Use a job applicant's share code to check they're eligible to work in the UK if they’re from outside the UK and Ireland.
Check if a document allows someone to work in the UK
Find out if a potential employee has the right to work in the UK and what documents employers should check.
Set up employee share schemes
Consider an employee share scheme as one way to give your employees a share in the success of your business
Recruiting and supporting migrant workers - Avondale Foods (video)
Mia McKeown from Lurgan-based business Avondale Foods explains how they recruit, employ, and support migrant workers in their business.
How to support migrant workers in your business
There are many ways you can support migrant workers in your business including having the correct policies and providing appropriate training.
Local support for employers and migrant workers
Support organisations that are available to Northern Ireland employers and migrant workers.
Advantages of employing migrant workers
There are many advantages to employing migrant workers including gaining access to new skills and knowledge.
Recruiting migrant workers
The steps you should take as an employer when recruiting migrant workers.
Advantages of seeking staff feedback and ideas
Business benefits of encouraging regular feedback, opinions, and ideas from your employees.
Communicate business information with staff
You will gain meaningful feedback and ideas from your employees if you regularly share key business information.
Growth through sales
Understand how increasing your sales and improving your sale process (online or offline) can help you grow your business
Business values
Identify and establish core business values and how to communicate these with staff.
Align employee voice and collective voice
How involving trade unions and non-union representatives can establish a collective voice in your business.
Create staff forums
How you can use employee forums to seek ideas to streamine your operations and boost business performance.
Apprenticeships: delivering work-based training and qualifications to employees
Apprenticeships help employers provide work-based training and qualifications to employees aged 16 and over.
Apprenticeships qualifications explained for employers
An apprenticeship can give your employee the training and qualifications they need to meet your business needs.
Company testimonies for apprenticeships
Many Northern Ireland companies have successfully trained their apprentices through the Apprenticeships programme and their businesses have reaped the benefits.
Apprenticeships explained for employers
Apprenticeships in Northern Ireland is a demand-led, work-based programme designed around the needs of employers.