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  • 5 Essential Employment Documents Your Business Needs
    There are plenty of kinds of business documents that a company needs to conform with the law and help it to run more smoothly, and employment is one of the most important areas where you should make sure that your paperwork is up to scratch As any HR manager will tell you, dealing with the myriad demands and concerns of your employees can be like navigating a legal minefield – high quality, reliable documents can be invaluable in helping you deal constructively with personnel
  • Trimming the Workforce – a Guide to UK Redundancy Procedure
    No manager wants to face the possibility that they may need to make some of their staff redundant Yet with the credit crunch, it would be irresponsible for managers struggling with costs not to think about the possibility
  • Common Mistakes When Buying a Business
    There’s no denying it – buying a business creates a real buzz of excitement The key is to make sure this keenness doesn’t cloud your judgement and leave you with a business you don’t want, or don’t know the full history of
  • The 5 Biggest Mistakes Employers Make When Firing Staff
    Every employer, at some point or another, will have to fire one of their employees It isn’t easy, and it certainly isn’t fun, but whether it is because of economic cutbacks or a poorly performing employee, sooner or later it is going to happen
  • Happy Employees = More Productivity
    It sounds like an obvious cliché to say it, but like many clichés there’s truth in it: happy employees are more productive And yet it’s amazing how often you hear of companies suffering from massive turnover, instability and a failure to live up to their full potential by ignoring this
  • A Guide to Employment Contract Clauses
    Employment contracts are some of the most important UK business documents you will ever sign in your working life, and yet they are written in a deliberately convoluted and confusing manner, which often makes it difficult to get the clear points of what you’re signing up for Take your time, and read and re-read every contract, but pay special attention to the clauses, to ensure you understand them
  • An Equality Policy – Does Your Business Need One?
    What is an equality policy

    An equality policy is a business document that outlines a company’s position on equality in the workplace
  • How To Form A Limited Company
    If you’ve been self-employed for a while, you may wonder what the next step on the path to becoming the next Coca Cola or Nike is Although that stage is a long way off (and will remain so for most businesses), the next step to becoming a respectable household name is to form a limited company
  • Undertaking A Fire Safety Risk Assessment
    Nobody imagines their office will suffer from a fire… and to be honest, the level of preparation often reflects this Previously in the UK, fire certificates were handed out by the fire services, but as of 2006, businesses are required to carry out their own fire risk assessment
  • Sicknote Britain – Sickness Absence Management For Small Businesses
    It makes for depressing reading for the government, that Britain is losing £100 billion per year on sick days, but small business owners should be even more concerned if they see a ‘sick leave culture’ forming in their own office While the government can deal with such losses better, small businesses could see their own profits slipping down the plughole, and a good sickness and absence policy could make all the difference between a thriving company and one that ends up going under
  • How The New Employee Holiday Entitlement Laws Will Affect You
    I’ve heard a lot of misconceptions about what the new UK employee holiday entitlement laws will involve, so here I shall do my best to explain who is affected, and what the changes to the law mean for businesses in the United Kingdom

    Firstly, before you (or your employees) go out and start celebrating, it should be pointed out that the laws, which increase the number of paid statutory holidays employees are entitled to from 20 to 24, are unlikely to be of much benefit to the vast majority of business workers
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