Hiring an apprentice: The benefits for a small company
Taking on an apprentice can inject youthful energy and ideas into your company. A guide to how to enrol an apprentice into your small business
Employing & managing staff
The latest guides on employing and managing full or part time staff effectively as a small business owner or sole trader. 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. Sounds good? Then read on…
Taking on an apprentice can inject youthful energy and ideas into your company. A guide to how to enrol an apprentice into your small business
Employing & managing staff
Employing & managing staff
In this guide, we chat to the business owners that managed to create a motivated and engaged workforce, and explore how you can recreate their success.
Employing & managing staff
Alan Finlay shares the important points to know about taking notes at disciplinary or other formal employee meetings
Employing & managing staff
Victoria Greaves of citrusHR explains how to calculate holidays, including bank holidays, for part-time employees
Employing & managing staff
Andy Willis explains how to navigate legal issues when employing interns, such as whether the intern is identified as an employee or a worker
Employing & managing staff
It may sound ridiculous, but you can’t fire an employee for posting a racist tweet on the spot – If you don’t follow the correct procedures then you could be left counting the costs
Employing & managing staff
Sir Clive Woodward shines a light on vital strategies for leading and inspiring teams through periods of high pressure
Employing & managing staff
Employing & managing staff
Sir Clive Woodward shines a light on vital strategies for leading and inspiring teams through periods of high pressure
Employing & managing staff
Employing & managing staff
When you employ new staff, you may wonder how soon they can begin to take holiday. Jane Mason from Citrus HR explains more
Employing & managing staff
We use a cleaner who comes in three to four hours during office hours on a Friday. This is no longer suitable and we have an alternative company ready to deal takeover. How to deal with terminating a part-time contract
Employing & managing staff
Long Covid can make patients feel foggy, breathless and drained. We explore how to manage and support employees who have the condition
Employing & managing staff
The Supreme Court has ruled that some Uber drivers are workers and not self-employed, entitling them to statutory pay and paid holidays. What this means is that many sole traders could also now qualify paid holidays and other benefits from companies that use them
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Business Technology
Find out how creative agency, Myth Studio, used technology to grow their business and quadruple their staff count in 18 months
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Employment benefits specialist, Drewberry, explain why you should base your benefits around a Total Reward Strategy
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