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Incorporating a British company, opening a branch or using an employer of record: the decision is taken early. Note that a foreign employer with no establishment can in certain cases register directly for PAYE, an option that is not available in most other jurisdictions.

Registration as an employer produces the PAYE references issued by HM Revenue and Customs, and without them no payroll can be reported at all. Check next the automatic enrolment duty, which requires every employer to enrol eligible workers in a workplace pension and to declare compliance to the pensions regulator.

A written statement of employment particulars must be given on or before the first day of work, with a minimum content fixed by statute. Look carefully at the way probation, notice and service-related rights interact with one another: it is length of service that unlocks protection against unfair dismissal.

Every pay date produces a payslip for the employee and a real time submission to the tax authority, a mechanism with no French equivalent. Employers' liability insurance is compulsory, and right to work checks place the burden squarely on the employer if they are omitted.

Statutory notice, redundancy pay and a documented procedure form a package that employment tribunals examine closely.