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Time off work policies and procedures
Download a sample working time opt-out agreement and steps to help you determine your workers' leave entitlement.
Other key HR policies and templates
Sample documents to help you develop employment policies that follow good practices and comply with legislation.
Recruitment forms and templates
Sample recruitment templates including forms, letters, and documents to help you recruit, shortlist and interview potential employees.
Managing absence templates
Sample documents to help you manage staff absence with employment policies that follow good practice and comply with legislation.
Equal pay - the law and best practice
Understand your legal responsibilities under the equal pay legislation and follow best practice advice.
Mind Body Business initiative for Ards and North Down
Grant scheme for workplace health and wellbeing initiatives for employees now open for applications.
Packaging reform draft regulations consultation
Consultation on the draft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024.
Grey to Green Demonstrator Project for Belfast
Expressions of interest are encouraged from organisations with the expertise and capability to undertake this kind of project.
How to get an explosives licence or registration
Different types of explosives manufacturing and storage licences and registration and where to obtain them
Registering as a fireworks retailer
How to register with the Department of Justice as a firework retailer in Northern Ireland and why it is important to ensure you have an up-to-date licence.
Access to Finance: Growth Loan Fund II
Apply now for loans between £100,000 and £500,000
Working with Northern Ireland Trading Standards Service
How Trading Standards can help your business comply with the law when a customer has lodged a complaint about your business or you need general advice.
Using technology to improve efficiency
How to use technology to improve your business processes and increase efficiency
Slow or stop the growth of your business
Identify when to slow down or stop business growth and how to stop it if you are encountering difficulties
Fair trading for businesses selling goods or services
An overview of the law relating to fair trading and how this may affect your business - including pricing and product description.
Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme: groupage and mixed load consignments
How to move groups of agrifood products from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to Northern Ireland, which may include consignments of Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (NIRMS) goods and consignments of non-NIRMS goods.
Final call for entries: Social Enterprise Awards 2023
Apply for the opportunity to gain recognition for your social enterprise
Registering for the Common Health Entry Document Operator Portal (CHOP)
New database to ease the movement of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) goods between GB and NI.
Webinars: Movement of goods from GB to NI under the Windsor Framework
Webinars covering the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme, groupage and mixed load consignments.
Smart Manufacturing Data Hub workshop | Newry
Free workshop for manufacturers on how to unlock value from data.