To hire a new employee, you need to:
- Check if your business is ready to hire a new staff
- Kickstart your recruitment efforts. You can recruit employees on your own, or by using a recruitment agency.
- Check that the candidate has the right to work in the UK
- Find out if they require a DBS check
- Check if you need to enrol the employee into a workplace pension scheme. Here's a guide for first-time employers. If you've already hired employees previously, refer to this resource instead.
- Before carrying out salary negotiations, you need to check the National Minimum Wage for different ages and types of jobs. You'll also need to finalise the employment contract, and provide a written statement of employment particulars within 2 months of the start of employment.
- Notify HMRC that you've hired a new employee. Make sure you're aware of the steps you need to take when you start paying your employee.
If you're hiring staff for the first time, refer to HMRC's guide on the steps you need to take.
<p>To hire a new employee, you need to:<br></p><ul><li>Check if your business is <a href="https://www.gov.uk/get-ready-to-employ-someone?step-by-step-nav=47bcdf4c-9df9-48ff-b1ad-2381ca819464" target="_blank">ready to hire a new staff</a> </li><li>Kickstart your recruitment efforts. You can recruit employees on <a href="https://www.acas.org.uk/hiring-someone" target="_blank">your own</a>, or by using a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/using-a-recruitment-agency-to-find-staff?step-by-step-nav=47bcdf4c-9df9-48ff-b1ad-2381ca819464" target="_blank">recruitment agency</a>. </li><li>Check that the candidate has the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/check-job-applicant-right-to-work?step-by-step-nav=47bcdf4c-9df9-48ff-b1ad-2381ca819464" target="_blank">right to work in the UK</a></li><li>Find out if they require a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/dbs-check-applicant-criminal-record?step-by-step-nav=47bcdf4c-9df9-48ff-b1ad-2381ca819464" target="_blank">DBS check</a></li><li>Check if you need to enrol the employee into a workplace pension scheme. Here's a <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/employers/new-employers" target="_blank">guide for first-time employers</a>. If you've already hired employees previously, refer to this <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/employers/new-employers/im-an-employer-who-has-to-provide-a-pension/declare-your-compliance/ongoing-duties-for-employers-" target="_blank">resource</a> instead. </li><li>Before carrying out salary negotiations, you need to check the National Minimum Wage for different <a href="https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates?step-by-step-nav=47bcdf4c-9df9-48ff-b1ad-2381ca819464" target="_blank">ages</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/minimum-wage-different-types-work?step-by-step-nav=47bcdf4c-9df9-48ff-b1ad-2381ca819464" target="_blank">types of jobs</a>. You'll also need to finalise the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/employment-contracts-and-conditions" target="_blank">employment contract</a>, and provide a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/employment-contracts-and-conditions/written-statement-of-employment-particulars?step-by-step-nav=47bcdf4c-9df9-48ff-b1ad-2381ca819464" target="_blank">written statement of employment particulars</a> within 2 months of the start of employment. </li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/new-employee?step-by-step-nav=47bcdf4c-9df9-48ff-b1ad-2381ca819464" target="_blank">Notify HMRC</a> that you've hired a new employee. Make sure you're aware of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/running-payroll?step-by-step-nav=47bcdf4c-9df9-48ff-b1ad-2381ca819464" target="_blank">steps you need to take when you start paying your employee</a>.<br></li></ul><p>If you're hiring staff for the first time, refer to HMRC's guide on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/employing-staff" target="_blank">steps you need to take</a>.</p>
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