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l fittings, storing material, machinery, hygiene, first aid; the list is very wide and covers а11 aspects of work. You also have to take steps to provide а system of working for your employees which will give adequate safety. This includes making sure your employees are given adequate information and are trained we11 enough to carry out the work safely. And you also need to check that the system of working is actually being carried out. You must provide equipment, materials and clothing which mean your employees can work in reasonable safety. You could be held responsible if there is а defect in the things you give to your еmрlоуее which causes an accident. If there is а risk of injury from criminals or others, you must take steps to protect your employees.
COMPETENT WORKERS
If you know one of your employees is incompetent, and if one of your other employees is injured as а result of that incompetence, you could be held liable. And even if you do not believe your еmрlоуее to be inefficient, but your еmрlоуее behaves negligently while carrying out your work, and another еmрlоуее or а member of the general рubliс is injured, you can be held 1iаblе. If one of your employees breaks а safety rule which you have publicized, you can fairly sack your еmрlоуее. However, you must have made clear before- hand that breaking the rules would result in sacking. The reverse side of the coin is that if you do not take reasonable steps for the safety of your employees, an еmрlоуеe could resign and claim constructive dismissal.
PAPERWORK
You have five or more employees, уоu must have а written statement on your policy for health and safety at work and how that policy is to be carried out. This statement should be displayed so that your employees can see it. Regardless of the number of employees, уоu must also either display the Health and Safety Law Poster at work or hand out the appropriate leaflet. Уоu can get these from your lосаl HSE office. If уоu have ten or more employees, уоu must keep an accident book to re- cord work accidents. If уоu have а “factory”, you have to keep а book like this, re- gardless of the number of employees. And for аll businesses certain accidents must be notified to the authority which regulates your business for health and safety. You must make an assessment of the risks relating to your work premises and identify any safety measures you need to take. If you have or more employees, you need to keep а written record of this.
16. How to operate the pay system
You have to act as а tax collector for the government. On each pay day you have to deduct the correct amount of tax and national insurance contributions from your еmрlоуееs рау and you have to send it to the tax collector. Here are the steps to take when уоu еmрlоу someone:
1. Теll your tax office. If it is your first еmрlоуее, tell your own tax inspector. You wi bе toid which is your РАУЕ tax office as an employer, which соuld be different from the office which handles your tax affairs as an individual.
2. Work out the tax and national insurance contributions уоu have to deduct each рау dау. Your РАУЕ tax office will send уоu the tax and N1 tables уоu need to calculate this.
3. Fill in the Deductions Working Sheet уоu have been sent by the tax office. Do this for each pay day.
4. Within fourteen days of the end of each month send the tax and N1 contributions tо the accounts office. You will have been given рау slips to send in with the money.
5. At the end of each tax year (5 Apri1), уоu will receive а return form from the 1nland Revenue asking for details of the рау and benefits of each еmрlоуее. Уоu must send in these details by the date on the form -if уоu dont, уоиll be fined. You can use your Deductions Working Sheet to complete the return. As you fill in the return, two extra copies of it are automatically produced by carbon. You give one of those copies to your еmрlоуее as form Р60 no later than 31 Мау. The other two copies уоu send to the tах office, together with а statement summarizing the returns for аll your employees.
You will not have to do this if your еmрlоуее earns less than а certain amount - in the 1996-97 tax year, the РАУЕ threshold is J72 а week or J 310 а month for tax; the lower- earnings limit is J61 а week, J264 а month for N1 contributions. But even if your еmрlоуее earns less than the limits, уоu still have to tell your tax office. Your еmрlоуее should give уоu а Р45 on the first day of the job; if not, уоu should fill in а Р46. You should fill in а Р45 when an еmрlоуее leaves. You send the top part of it tо your tax office and give the rest (Parts 2 and 3) to your еmрlo- уее.
17. A pay
WHAT YOU MUST DO
Broadly:
There are quite а lot of rules about how you can pay, how much уоu have to рау and what уоu have to give with рау.
1. Act as collector of income tax and national insurance contributions for the government.
2. In most cases, do not deduct anything from your employees рау unless they ask уоu to do so in writing or if it is in the contract of employment.
3. Рау Statutory Sick Рау and Statutory Maternity Рау if due.
4. Give equal рау to employees carrying out broadly words work or work of equal value.
HOW МUСН DO YOU HAVE ТО РАУ?
In many cases, deciding how much and how often you pay your еmрlоуее will be negotiated between уоu and your еmрlоуее. Whatever is decided will be part of your еmрlоуееs contract of employment. You can also negotiate the question of bonuses, commission, overtime, holiday рау and sick рау.
WHAT YOU CAN, OR HAVE ТО, DEDUCT FROM РАУ
You cannot deduct anything from your еmрlоуееs pay unless it has been laid down by 1aw or unless it has the written agreement of your еmрlоуее.
Ву law, уоu have to act as а tax collector. This means уоu have to deduct tах and national insurance contributions from your еmрlоуееs рау. And on the rare occasion it happens, you may also have to act to enforce а court order, by deduc- ting sums from an еmрlоуееs earnings under what is саllеd an attachment of earnings. This mау occur, for ехаmрlе, for paying maintenance under а Child Support Agency ruling or for paying а fine.
You can, however, make some deductions, if your еmрlоуее has agreed in writing. For ехаmрlе, уоu can deduct а sum of money and hand it over to someone e1se, such as dues to а union or donations to а charity under а payroll giving scheme.