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Compiling a Health and Safety Policy for your Company

If your company employs five or more people then you are required by law under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to have a written health & safety policy. This document contains your statement of general policy on health and safety at work as well as the organisation and arrangements you have in place for putting that p ... Continue reading

The Importance of Having Suitably Comprehensive Employment Contracts

If you run your own small business then you will (hopefully) know that you are obliged to provide all of your employees with a ‘statement of terms’ (i.e. a contract) within two months of their start date. Like many other small business owners however, you may not have an overly extensive knowledge of how to go about sorting cont ... Continue reading

Setting up a Limited Company

If you are thinking of setting up your own private limited company, chances are more than one person will have asked you this one simple question – why? After all, setting up a limited company will involve more administration and cost you more money than being a humble sole trader.Well, whilst this may be true to some extent, it ... Continue reading

How to Tackle Workplace Absenteeism

In 2011, a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that 1 in 3 workers in the UK had admitted to taking a so-called ‘sickie’.For anyone who doesn’t know (or pleads ignorance), a ‘sickie’ is a fabricated excuse which an employee makes for not going into work. In general, these excuses involve reeling off a line of symptoms whilst ... Continue reading

Starting a New Business

If you fancy a new start in 2013, it may be time to launch your own business. Whilst it is true that times are tough and that the economy is still in an uncertain state, there are plenty of people and resources just waiting to help you achieve your business dreams. Whether you need some legal documents or health & safety pol ... Continue reading

How to Hire the Perfect Staff

It will be the case that many businesses will be looking to expand their operations in 2013. This will inevitably involve the hiring of extra staff and employees to help deal with the extra demand in workload. Unfortunately, this means that you will have to go through the potentially highly stressful process of placing a job adv ... Continue reading

Avoid Getting Sued

When you run a small business the last thing that you need to happen is to get sued by a disgruntled supplier, customer, or employee. That is why it is super important to ensure that you have the necessary legal structure in place to support you if such an awful situation arises. If you are starting up a new business you will no ... Continue reading

Importance of Legal Contracts

It is well known that all companies are required to use business documents if they want to stay in legal operation. After all, if you don’t protect your business against false claims you probably aren’t fit to be running a company in the first place. However, there is confusion about the many different types of business document ... Continue reading

Things to Consider When Running a Business

If you are considering whether to start a new business in 2013, it can be slightly overwhelming when you realise all the things that you have to think about. The British Chamber of Commerce website has highlighted a larger than expected rise of new businesses in the last 18 months. Running your own business requires a lot of har ... Continue reading

Settlement Agreements

A new Acas Code of Practice on Settlement Agreements was introduced on 29th July 2013. One of the main changes – other than Compromise Agreements now being called Settlement Agreements – is that employers can now conduct pre-termination negotiations without having to worry about employees referring to these conver ... Continue reading

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