As an employer, you may wonder why you need to worry about universal credit (UC). We give an overview on this page, together with some information about how your actions as an employer can impact your employee’s benefits.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had far-reaching financial impacts on individuals and businesses across the UK, and indeed across the world. This page sets out some information for employers about the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The scheme closed on 30 September 2021. However, this page ...

This page covers what to do when an employee leaves your employment, including giving them a P45. For guidance on things to think about if you need to dismiss an employee, or if your employee resigns, see our employment law section.

If you are going to employ someone, you must find out about your employment law responsibilities.

As an employer you have to keep records about your employees. This page tells you more about the records you need to keep. 

There is lots of help available for employers. Here we provide a summary.