Knowledge

Award-winning selection of articles, business guides and tools to steer your business to being a big success

Category: 

Employment law

Time off for dependants - family emergencies and Parental Bereavement Leave. Image of a couple sharing their grief

Employment law

Did you know that in many circumstances employees now have the right to take time off work to deal with an emergency involving someone who depends on them?

The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. Image of someone analysing contracts

Employment law

It’s a long title, but these Regulations are important for Limited Company Contractors (or Personal Service Companies) and agency temps.

Gender, ethnicity, and executive pay gaps and gender pay gap reporting. Image of a woman leading a corporate meeting | Crunch

Employment law

In 2015, the Equality Act 2010 was amended to require employers to reveal details of their gender pay gap. What what this mean for business?

Equal Opportunities and Discrimination (Equality Act 2010), image of group of people working around a desk | Crunch

Employment law

We take a look the Equality Act and how this must be implemented at work, what this means for small businesses, and why it's important.

Stress-free tax returns

Take the stress out of your tax return with Crunch.

Get started

Online accounting 

Check out our accounting packages for sole traders and limited companies, along with our amazing free bookkeeping software.

Join our free community for the self-employed 

Stay up-to-date with the latest news affecting small businesses, and network with like-minded self-employed people.

Business guides 

From understanding expenses to starting a limited company, we’ve a range of jargon-free business guides for you to download and keep.

Free tools and resources 

Work out your take-home pay, chase that unpaid invoice and calculate your IR35. Make running your business a breeze!

Confidential pre-termination negotiations and Settlement Agreements. Image of people discussing contract terms
Employment law

If relationships with those working for you, or those you're working for, aren't going well, you may need to know more about pre-termination negotiations.

The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. Image of someone analysing contracts
Employment law

It’s a long title, but these Regulations are important for Limited Company Contractors (or Personal Service Companies) and agency temps.

Gender, ethnicity, and executive pay gaps and gender pay gap reporting. Image of a woman leading a corporate meeting | Crunch
Employment law

In 2015, the Equality Act 2010 was amended to require employers to reveal details of their gender pay gap. What what this mean for business?

Shared Parental Leave (SPL) explained. Image of parents with their newborn | Crunch
Employment law

Parents can share up to 50 of 52 weeks statutory maternity leave and 37 of 39 weeks statutory maternity pay, we'll explain shared parental leave and pay

What are the rules and regulations for Sunday working? Image of woman someone hanging up an open sign
Employment law

Once upon a time, Sunday's were the quietest day of the week, but now many people are working on the seventh day. We look at your rights on Sunday working.

Employment Tribunals – your rights. Image of a gavel and scales. | Crunch
Employment law

Tribunals heart employment disputes that haven't been resolved in the work place. We take a look at them and what your rights are.

How your employment can come to an end - for employees. Image of someone packing up their desk | Crunch
Employment law

There are various ways your Employment can come to and - but if you are an Employee you have the right not to be unfairly dismissed.

The Swedish Derogation Model – what is it? Image of Swedish flags
Employment law

The Swedish Derogation is being mentioned a lot by Umbrella Companies.  What does it mean?

Taking on an apprentice - the full details. Image of someone teaching his apprentice | Crunch
Employment law

Apprenticeship schemes are often in the news (and not always for the right reasons), so here's what they're about & where you can find out more about them.

I’ve been overpaid! What should I do?. Image of dozens of £20 notes
Employment law

If you have been accidentally overpaid by your employer, it may seem like a lucky bonus, but don't assume you can keep the money!

Sick leave
Employment law

There has been plenty of confusion surrounding how workers holiday entitlements react with sickness absence. Here's what we know.|There has been plenty of confusion surrounding how workers holiday entitlements react with sickness absence. Here's what we know.

Disciplinary and Dismissal Procedures - for Employees. Image of woman telling off a dog | Crunch
Employment law

All employers are required by law to have written disciplinary and dismissal procedures for employees and you must have access to this.

Business guides

View all guides
Crunch chorus image

Join Crunch Chorus: The free community for the self-employed

Stay up-to-date with the latest news affecting small businesses, join us at events, and network with like-minded people. You can also access a full range of resources including business guides, advice videos and useful tools, plus discounts on Crunch services and products.

Find out more

Why business owners love us

Rik

July 7, 2023

I have been with Crunch for many years. I wanted to express my appreciation for the exceptional services provided by Crunch. Their professionalism, attention to detail, and expertise have been invaluable in managing my finances effectively. Working with them has been a pleasure, and I highly recommend their services to anyone seeking reliable and knowledgeable accountants.

More

Stew L

July 6, 2023

As someone that’s new to being self employed, Crunch made the whole set up process easy. From my initial call to understand the process, the check ins to see how I was doing to actually going ahead. Once I was set up the support team were amazing at answering the millions of questions I had and they’re always at the end of the phone or email if I need them. I even had a full 45 minute call to walk through the full system which was amazing.

More

PMC Ltd

June 29, 2023

I really appreciated the way the Crunch staff member adjusted to my knowledge and confidence level - which was relatively low. She helped me work out what I needed to do and was incredibly helpful and patient as I went through my interminable snagging list. This has been my experience with Crunch staff in general - but when tasks build up, it's easy to put off direct contact - when, in fact, this makes all the difference.

More

More categories