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Dealing with discipline
If you find yourself in the unfortunate circumstance of having to discipline a member of staff, you have to ensure the process is fair, especially if the result is that they are dismissed. Read on for some in depth information...
Guide to induction and training
The usual definition of induction is a formal introduction of a new employee to a job. However, Peter Done, managing director of Peninsula and SmallBusiness.co.uk Q&A panel expert, feels that induction and training should not only happen at the start of employment, but ‘should be ongoing in order to provide solutions to problems as the job duties change’.
Read on for tips on getting the most out of new starters...
Outsourced staff training
Keeping your employees up to speed with the latest training programmes can be time consuming. Outsourcing may be the answer.
The beginner's guide to share schemes
As your business grows, you may toy with the idea of offering a small number of shares to key employees to keep them attached to the business. This can motivate staff and offers them a stake in the business that they are working so hard to build. SmallBusiness.co.uk teamed up with Gemma Taaffe of Sherrards Solicitors to give you this beginner's guide to share schemes.
Employee benefit schemes
Remuneration alone won’t be enough to keep your staff motivated and cleverly thought out employee benefits are useful tools for ensuring staff loyalty. SmallBusiness.co.uk spoke to two businesses about their approach to benefits.
Guide to written statements of employment
Every employee should be given a written statement of employment that clearly lays down the rules that both you, as the employer, and they must abide by.
Employing the self-employed
The question with employing someone who is themself self-employed is, what is the real contractual relationship between the parties? What starts out as one type may change over a period of time to another.
How to conduct staff appraisals
The key to staff appraisal meetings is that there should be no surprises. For instance, if an employee tells a manager that the six months since the last review have gone really badly, it should not be the first they’ve heard of it. This is because staff appraisals must not exist in isolation, but should be part of an ongoing process in which both management and staff have a responsibility.
A guide to interviews
If you’ve never conducted an interview before, it can be a daunting task. Smallbusiness.co.uk reveals how to get the most out of an interview and stay within the law.
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