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Lee Biggins explains why your branding message must trickle down to the recruitment process.
Employing & managing staff
The latest guides on employing and managing full or part time staff effectively as a small business owner or sole trader, brought to you in partnership with Sage. Contains advice on employment law, health and safety at work, recruitment, training, redundancy and disciplinary information, employee rights, workplace regulations, and much more.
This section provides expert and in-depth advice articles on all aspects of staff management and human resources legislation. Our aim is to help UK small businesses to hire great employees, manage them effectively and look after them properly.
Other key topics covered in this employing staff section include team management, employee motivation, legal rights and responsibilities, managing absence, maternity pay and leave, taking on new staff, induction programmes, communication, workplace policies, flexible working, job descriptions, employment contracts and related information.
We also provide information on HR tools, templates and resources specially targeted at SMEs as well as suitable training courses and workshops that can help you get the best out of your staff to make a more efficient, more profitable, happy and productive company.
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Lee Biggins explains why your branding message must trickle down to the recruitment process.
Employing & managing staff
Employing & managing staff
Alan Price discusses how best to go about managing appraisals for your staff.
Employing & managing staff
In this piece, in conjunction with Boost Capital, we give some tips on managing staff while the European Championships are on.
Employing & managing staff
Alan Price discusses the issues to bear in mind for employers when the summer seasons comes around.
Employing & managing staff
Here are some key tips to getting the most from your staff.
Employing & managing staff
More than 80 per cent of employees feel more productive when working from home, research finds.
Employing & managing staff
Some 60 per cent of people living with mental ill health agree that employers should offer free screening for depression in the workplace.
Employing & managing staff
Here, Lee Biggins takes on the subject of how close you should be with your employees.
Employing & managing staff
Some 60 per cent of people living with mental ill health agree that employers should offer free screening for depression in the workplace.
Employing & managing staff
Here, Lee Biggins takes on the subject of how close you should be with your employees.
Employing & managing staff
Alan Price discusses the topic of the mandatory Living Wage for employees over 25, which has forced many businesses to look at how the extra cost can be absorbed.
Employing & managing staff
Here, Alan Price discusses how to approach the difficult situation of a member of staff with a long-term illness.
Employing & managing staff
Here are some pros and cons to mull over if you're thinking about offering a work experience placement.
Employing & managing staff
Lee Biggins looks into the matter of whether employers should be offering free vaccinations for their staff.
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Employing & managing staff
In Aviva’s latest SME research*, 57 per cent of employers surveyed agreed that nowadays employees expect benefits to protect against loss of income or earnings. What do you offer your people?
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Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade