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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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How to get your small business ready for RTI

Ann Stainer of Carbon Accountancy reveals everything the small business owner needs to know about getting ready for Real Time Information.

Employing & managing staff

Employing & managing staff

Can I ask staff members to go self-employed?

I employ two members of staff and sub-contract out some work. I wish to semi-retire and just use a sub-contractor. Do I have to make employees redundant and can I continue trading or can I ask them to go self-employed?

Employing & managing staff

Brits put in nearly 2 hours a day of overtime at work

Three quarters of employees at Britain's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) work overtime, clocking an additional 1.9 hours a day on average.

Employing & managing staff

The importance of appraisals

Ally Maughan, founder of HR specialist People Puzzles, explains why you should make time to review staff performance and receive employee feedback.

Employing & managing staff

What SMEs should know about auto-enrolment pensions

NOW: Pensions reveals the changes that businesses face in the wake of the government's new pension laws.

Employing & managing staff

Allowing employees an afternoon nap could be good for business

Encouraging workers to take an afternoon nap could dramatically improve economic fortunes across the Western hemisphere, according to a duo of business experts.

Employing & managing staff

George Osborne’s employee ownership scheme 

Exploring the Chancellor's scheme in comparison to the original Enterprise Management Incentive Scheme.

Employing & managing staff

Employee T&Cs: Stay legal 

Kathryn Mortimer, head of legal services at legal expenses insurer DAS, explores what actions smaller businesses need to take to ensure that dismissal, redundancy or any changes to an employee's terms and conditions do not result in a huge legal bill.

Employing & managing staff

George Osborne’s employee ownership scheme 

Exploring the Chancellor's scheme in comparison to the original Enterprise Management Incentive Scheme.

Employing & managing staff

Employee T&Cs: Stay legal 

Kathryn Mortimer, head of legal services at legal expenses insurer DAS, explores what actions smaller businesses need to take to ensure that dismissal, redundancy or any changes to an employee's terms and conditions do not result in a huge legal bill.

Employing & managing staff

How to approach redundancies

SmallBusiness.co.uk looks at how to prepare for the process of letting staff go.

Employing & managing staff

Interim Management: What You Need to Know

Taking on an interim manager can be an advantageous move for SME's - their services often proving to be more than worth the cost.

Employing & managing staff

Can I make long-standing staff member redundant?

Can I legally make redundant staff who have been employed longer on the books and who do the same hours as subcontractors, while keeping the subcontractors employed?

Employing & managing staff

Casual worker asking for p45

I had a casual worker (no contract) working two hours a day for one or two days a week. She is now asking for p45 and wage slips. This person has some property that belongs to my company and she will not return it until I produce the p45. What is my move?

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A guide to getting a small business loan

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What are the funding options for hospitality businesses?

Hospitality businesses have faced a number of challenges in the last couple of years. Find out what funding and support is available.

Employing & managing staff

The importance of vocational rehabilitation services for SMEs

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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What are the benefits of business broadband?

Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade