Unless human resources is your line of work, you almost certainly didn’t go into business to devote your time to HR. In this article, David Webb, from work expert Acas, explains how small firms can hire without fear
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
Guides to recruiting and working with employees
Key Guides
- Hiring your first employeeWhat rules you need to be aware of when recruiting employees
- Avoid the employment tribunalHow to keep staff happy, and avoid being taken to a tribunal
- Managing sick leaveSetting clear policies and procedures to handle employee sick leave
- Handing redundancyWhat to do when you have to let a member of staff go
- Flexible workingOverview of the flexible working regime from October 2009
- Responsibilities when you hire staffNMW, pay, pensions, working time directive, etc.
- Health & Safety basicHow to comply with H&S regulations, and ensure safety
- Taking on employeesA legal guide to making a job offer, and providing a contract of employment
- How to hire employees with no moneySome ideas on how to resource your business on a shoestring
- How to motivate your staffHow to invest in your staff, and reward good performance
- Developing and training your staffHow to decide what training to provide, and how to deliver it
- Statutory disciplinary and grievance proceduresLegal guide to dealing with disputes involving employees
If you decide to recruit your first employee for your small business, one of your legal obligations is to present all staff members with a written statement of employment particulars.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
Taking on your first employee should be an exciting time. It means your business idea is working and you need help to expand. But while employees will help your business grow, they will also bring new stresses you may not have encountered before.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
How can employers avoid an Employment Tribunal?
The simplest advice, of course, is to ensure that all of your employees are happy and contented and never have any complaints they would want to take to a Tribunal. However, in the real world even the best employers can not achieve this all the time.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
As a small business owner, it is likely that you will have had at least a couple of employees call in sick this winter and with the cold weather expected to last a while longer, sick leave may become a HR issue that you deal with well into Spring.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
David Aldridge, Adviser, Business Link Berkshire looks at how to handle disciplinary issues in the workplace.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
The Office for National Statistics showed GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth at zero per cent between April and June 2008. As a recession is defined as two or more consecutive quarters of negative GDP, and taking into account the current economic climate and the unemployment jump in August 2008 it is evident we are facing a downturn.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
Peter Vreede of Redundancy Assist provides advice about successful redundancy transitions.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
As you grow your business you will eventually need to rely on other people to execute the work while you focus on sales and running the business. This also means that sooner or later you will have a difficult employee to deal with.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
The right to request flexible working will be extended to parents of children aged between six and 16 from 1 April 2009. The legislation already covers parents with children aged six and under, or children under 18 with a disability, as well as carers of adults. This extension means potentially an extra 4.5 million parents will gain the right to request flexible working.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
No matter how successful your business has been with just you working in it, sooner or later you may want to take on an employee.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
Taking on new staff can be a risky business, particularly if you’ve never done it before. Discrimination laws are tighter than ever, and there are plenty of other rules besides those, all of which you should take into account when placing a new employee into a role at your firm.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
Every business owner who employs people has to face the horrifying possibility that at some point they may have to make someone redundant.
Sometimes it’s inevitable. No matter how much you care about your team and want to look after them, if times are tight, you must reduce the cost base of the business or it will go under. And that would put your entire staff out of a job.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
Many people who come out of employment to start their own business have a clear vision about how that business will treat its employees.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
Every business is legally obliged to make sure employees and customers are not harmed in any way by the actions of trading.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
With the day-to-day costs of running a business on the increase, the pressure is on to make the most of existing resources. A skilled and motivated workforce can be an organisation’s greatest asset, helping to improve both competitiveness and profitability. For businesses of any size or sector looking to get the best out of their staff, here are a few ideas to get you started.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
Employers faced with employees on long term sick leave or who suffer frequent shorter periods of absence as a result of illness are often in a difficult position. As the laws relating to sick leave and discrimination have become ever more comprehensive, understanding your rights as an employer has never been more important.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }
It is common knowledge (hopefully) that all employers regardless of size and structure are required to have in place three step disciplinary and grievance (‘D&G’) procedures compliant with the statutory requirements which came into force on 1 October 2004.
Continue…
{ 0 comments }