Legal Information for Businesses
All resources on this page have been created by The Chester Community Law Project.
This project has been created by a group of Chester University students coming together to provide ongoing guidance to the wider community.
Employing People
- Link 1 - Minimum Wage - National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Link 2 – National Insurance - National Insurance rates and categories - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Link 3 – Statutory Sick Pay - Statutory Sick Pay (SSP): employer guide: Eligibility and form SSP1 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Link 4 - Workplace pension - Setting up a business? What to do for automatic enrolment | The Pensions Regulator
- Link 5 – Preventing Discrimination - Employers: preventing discrimination - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Link 6 – Reasonable Adjustments – Reasonable adjustments for workers with disabilities or health conditions - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Link 7 - Reasonable Adjustments cont. - Recruitment and disabled people: Reasonable adjustments - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Link 8 – Data Protection – Personal data an employer can keep about an employee - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Link 9 – Data Protection cont. - Data protection - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Link 10 – Fire Safety - Fire safety in the workplace - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Link 11 – Fire Safety cont. – Making your premises safe from fire - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Link 12 – Health and Safety - Health and Safety Made Simple: The basics for your business - HSE
- Link 13 – Workplace pension - Setting up a business? What to do for automatic enrolment | The Pensions Regulator
- Link 14 – Financial Conduct Authority, Liability Insurance - Employers' liability insurance: claiming for a work-related injury or illness | FCA
- Link 15 - Registering with HMRC/as an employer - Register as an employer - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Link 16 – ACAS - Acas | Making working life better for everyone in Britain
- Link 17 – Recruitment Checklist - Recruitment template | Acas
- Link 18 – Job Description templates - Job description templates | Acas
- Link 19 – Person Specification form - https://www.bing.com/search?q=Person+specification+form&cvid=1fa4efe194eb4903887ec13fcdd0e577&aqs=edge..69i57j0j69i60l3j0l2.7488j0j4&FORM=ANAB01&PC=LCTS
- Link 20 – Equality and Diversity form - Job application form templates | Acas
- Link 21 – Job Offer Letter – Job offer templates | Acas
- Link 22- Written Terms of Employment - Templates for written terms of employment | Acas
Employee Rights - Family and Personal Life
Flexible Working Rights
Maternity Leave
Financing Private Limited Companies
Registering as a Private Limited Company
- Link 1 - current price - Register a private or public company (IN01) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Link 2 - company name search - Companies House service (company-information.service.gov.uk)
- Link 3 - SIC codes - Nature of business: Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes (companieshouse.gov.uk)
- Link 4 - Model Articles of association - Model articles of association for limited companies - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Link 5 - Restricted Articles - Give notice of restriction on the company's articles (CC01) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Link 6 - Types of share - Types of shares - Different classes of shares (rocketlawyer.com)
- Link 7 - Persons of Significant Control - Setting up a PSC register for your company (pinsentmasons.com)
- Link 8 - Persons of Significant Control 2 - People with significant control (PSCs) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)