It is very exciting to employ your first member of staff, and in addition to the equipment needed there are a few legal requirements that need to be met when employing staff for the first time.
- Decided how much to pay them, this must be at least the national minimum wage or the national living wage if over 25.
- Do they have the right to work in the UK?
- Do they need a DBS check?
- Get employment insurance as you need to have employers’ liability insurance.
- Provide your new employee with details of the job in writing, this is required for any individual you employ for more than 1 months.
- Register with HMRC as a new employer, this can be done up to 4 weeks before you pay your new staff.
- From October 2017 all new employers will need to enrol their staff into a workplace pension.
Should you need any support with becoming an employer please give us a call as we can help with all of the processes from start to finish.
Updated June 17 to confirm that all new employers will need to auto enrol their staff into a work place pension scheme from October 17.