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Appoint a payroll provider |
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Register the employer with HMRC for payroll (your payroll provider can do this) |
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Purchase employer’s liability insurance and consider other business insurances |
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Decide what pay, benefits and work arrangements you will offer (taking account of national minimum wage and other statutory minimum rights) |
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Think about pension arrangements in accordance with your auto-enrolment obligations |
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Prepare an employment contract and offer letter |
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Prepare disciplinary, grievance and health and safety policies, and data protection policies (including an employee privacy notice) |
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Conduct health and safety and risk assessments of premises (or appoint someone to do this) and business processes |
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Check you know what 'right to work' documents you need to get from employees |
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Think about recruitment and interview processes, bearing in mind discrimination laws |