You may be considering employing a disabled person for their abilities, skills or experience. On this page, we look at the support, tax-related and otherwise, that employers can access.
The government encourage independent living by giving you choice on how your needs are met. If you qualify, you can get money from different schemes so you can choose and pay for your own support and services. You may also choose to pay for help with your own money.
If you take on volunteers (which could include people that you offer work shadowing or work experience to for example), it is likely that you will make payments to them. It is important to understand how you should treat these for income tax and National Insurance (NIC) purposes and the ‘employer’ ...
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.