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  Nick Steele September 13, 2008 at 4:50pm

  The inland revenue will send you reams of stuff on this if you ask them....
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  Nick Steele September 13, 2008 at 9:15pm

  And another thought - is there a "Business link" office in your area? They'll offer free advice on all sorts of stuff, this included I would imagine (I've never used our local office, but keep getting mail shots from them offerring advice on pretty much every business related matter you can think of.)
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  Simon Smith September 13, 2008 at 10:08pm

  My best Advice would be to take out employee insurance before starting any employee’s
  You can work without public insurance, if you like taking the risk, but you are legally bound to have employee insurance before starting any employees
  Contracts of employment: introduction web link;
  http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/EmploymentContract...
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  Andrew Fereday September 13, 2008 at 11:11pm

  Hi Nick,
  
  Yes, I'm on the mailing list for Business Link West Yorkshire but I've not pursued them as a line of enquiry. I'll give them a try and report back to evryone how things go.
  
  Nick Steele said:

  And another thought - is there a "Business link" office in your area? They'll offer free advice on all sorts of stuff, this included I would imagine (I've never used our local office, but keep getting mail shots from them offerring advice on pretty much every business related matter you can think of.)
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  Andrew Fereday September 14, 2008 at 12:13am

  Hi Simon,
  
  Thanks for the link - that's been really useful. I'm now feeling a bit more confident that I know the right questions to ask and I should be able to get up and running without too much disruption.
  
  Simon Smith said:

  My best Advice would be to take out employee insurance before starting any employee’s
  You can work without public insurance, if you like taking the risk, but you are legally bound to have employee insurance before starting any employees
  Contracts of employment: introduction web link;
  http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/EmploymentContract...
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  Phil Voice September 14, 2008 at 9:24am

  Here are a some good resource sites that are worth using as a starting point.
  
  Inland Revenue - New Employer - details on your responsibilities.
  
  Business Link - Employing people - Information on taking on staff, holiday entitlements to how to lay off staff.
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  Kevin Tozer September 14, 2008 at 8:30pm

  Andrew,
  
  I recently had the same problem. I've started a gardening business and was looking to take people on as and when i need them. To be fully legal i was advised to contact the HM Revenue and customs which i did. I registered as an employer and they sent me out a started pack that I'm still reading through. It shows you how to pay your employee and their tax deductions etc. However I'm only looking at taking people on only as and when i need to. I contacted my accountant and taxation adviser and he said that all i need to do is keep a record of what and when I'm paying them and it's up to them to declare it to the tax man. Its a mine field but hopefully this will give you some idea.
  
  Kind Regards
  
  Kev T.
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  Nick Steele September 15, 2008 at 9:24am

  I don't think its quite as simple as that - there are quite specific rules governing whether somebody is an employee or self employed sub-contractor - if you treat them as self employed they have to quote for individual bits of work, send invoices, supply all their own tools etc. Its a minefield, so be careful!