Hiring the right employee is a challenging process. Hiring the wrong employee is expensive, costly to your business and time-consuming. Hiring the right employee, on the other hand: Pays you back in employee productivity, a...
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Top Tips: Employment Contracts and Policies
Time flies from those early days when you set-up your business and take-on your first employee; but have you paused to think about whether you have appropriate governance and compliance in place around the employment issues facing you now and in...
TPR Re-Enrolment Guidance for Employers
TPR Re-enrolment guidance for employers TPR have just launched their new online content giving guidance to larger employers on their re-enrolment duties. An introductory page provides an initial overview of the steps, along with timings of when...
Government publishes new zero hours contract regulations and guidance
Government publishes new zero hours contract regulations and guidance The Exclusivity Terms in Zero Hours Contracts (Redress) Regulations 2015 have been published in draft form and laid before Parliament. Section 27A(3) of the Employment Rights Act...
Harness the power of Social Media to drive your Employee Benefits Scheme
Social media has wide uses for employee benefits, but employers are just starting to realise its value as an engagement and communication channel. But there are several top tips to consider for harnessing its power: 1. Use internal networks There...
What makes a good boss?
What makes a great boss? This list of things managers can do to make employees happy, culled from a recent survey of office workers, suggest would-be leaders would do well to focus on the freebies rather than the theory. The top ten bad things...
Eight pensions basics for those who “need to know”
Eight pensions basics for those who “need to know” The pensions auto-enrolment process may be well under way, but there are still a number of reforms due to take place in the near future. How well do you know your obligations as an employer? Take a...
More time to save on your National Insurance contributions when opting to use Childcare Vouchers
As you may be aware, there are changes happening in childcare funding as the Government is set to launch their Tax-free Childcare scheme. The Government were originally planning to launch their new Tax-free Childcare scheme in the autumn; however,...