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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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Auto-enrolment: Do not put off the inevitable

Despite many companies' staging date having been and gone, there is still an alarming number of employers who are unaware of auto-enrolment.

Employing & managing staff

Employing & managing staff

Flexible working not being offered by employers

Just a quarter of the UK's workforce has been given the option to work flexibly, research finds.

Employing & managing staff

Five reasons why start-up recruitment models are better

Small and medium-sized businesses often attempt to emulate their billionaire corporate cousins. Start-ups, on the other hand, become successful precisely because they have radically diverged from traditional people management models, argues Leigh Stewart.

Employing & managing staff

Employee retention strategy: A three-step guide

Many employers believe retaining staff is simply about money but it is far from the be all and end all. Here, we look at the best strategies to retain talent.

Employing & managing staff

What is the status of workers engaged in casual or zero hours contracts?

Alan Price discusses the finer points of part-time contracts and what they mean for employers and workers.

Employing & managing staff

Why women need help from their employer to understand their pension  

The financial services industry is not giving women enough information to make proper pension decisions, Andrew Firth argues.

Employing & managing staff

Why a small business should conduct an annual appraisal

Lee Biggins discusses how annual appraisals can help to define clear objectives that keep staff motivated throughout the year.

Employing & managing staff

Selecting only candidates who fit the company culture probably isn’t such a good thing after all

Companies spend a lot of time trying to operate in a particular culture and only recruit employees who fit into it; here's why that mindset is wrong.

Employing & managing staff

Why a small business should conduct an annual appraisal

Lee Biggins discusses how annual appraisals can help to define clear objectives that keep staff motivated throughout the year.

Employing & managing staff

Selecting only candidates who fit the company culture probably isn’t such a good thing after all

Companies spend a lot of time trying to operate in a particular culture and only recruit employees who fit into it; here's why that mindset is wrong.

Employing & managing staff

Intergenerational conflict marring workplace relations

Younger and older employees are clashing at work, according to research.

Employing & managing staff

How to build your business dream team

Here's what to consider when you take on new hires for a business team.

Employing & managing staff

Preventing employee holiday entitlement from building up 

Annual leave building up towards the end of the year can be a problem for employers. Here's how to handle it.

Employing & managing staff

What happens when an employee struggles to get in during bad weather?

Here, Alan Price discusses how to deal with absenteeism due to inclement weather.

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