Employing staff for the first time made easier

Posted 29/10/2013

The Government’s toolkit on employing staff has recently been updated at https://www.gov.uk/employing-staffThis latest edition of a resource first launched in 2012 helps potential employers make sense of important employment procedures and meet relevant legal requirements in the following six-step checklist:Step 1: Understanding the National Minimum Wage and setting a wage appropriate for the business

Step 2:  Checking if someone has the legal right to work in the UK and carrying out other employment checksStep 3: Organising employer’s liability insurance – including cover for at least £5m and underwritten by an authorised insurerStep 4: Sending written details of the job to the employee(s) – including terms and conditionsStep 5: Registering employees with HMRC – up to four weeks before new staff are paidStep 6: Giving staff a pay statement – showing deductions such as tax, national insurance and student loans.With around 300,000 businesses looking to take on staff each year, the toolkit should make hiring staff less of a daunting process – especially for those companies without in-house HR specialists.