Being an employer is full of legal liabilities.
In addition to the tax and national insurance details available on this web-site, there are other obligations placed upon employers.
If you have more than 4 employees (directors count as employees for limited companies) then you must offer your employees a pension. The easiest way to do this is to set up a Stake Holder Pensions scheme, with a registered provider, where all you have to do is deduct the pension contributions from the employees' wages and send them to the pension provider. However, some Stake Holder Pension schemes require the employer to contribute in addition to the employee. See The Pension Service an impartial government information service.
Prevention of Illegal Working in the UK is detailed on the Borders and Immigration web-site.
Help with employer/employee disputes is best obtained from ACAS.
For more information contact Will Johnson on 07967 522374.
