HR2YOU

New Year – New Start with your Employment Needs

Scott — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:45:53 +0000

1) Recruitment of staff needs thought and planning. You need to consider what the role(s) involve that you need to recruit to (job description), what skills you need to bring to the organisation (person specification), how you are going to attract applicants to work for you (advertisement), carrying out interviews and appointing new staff.

2)Terms and conditions offered to employees – what hours employees will work, where they will work, what happens if they need to raise a grievance, notice periods, holidays and dismissal procedure information, are just some of the items that must be included in a written statement of terms and conditions.

3) Make your employees feel welcome – First impressions count and the first three months of employment with a new company are important. Recruiting costs can soon mount if your employee turnover is high – and it doesn’t look too good for your business either!

4) You need clear policies and procedures for dealing with matters such as absence, holidays, maternity, retirement and discipline.

5) Employment law can appear a minefield, with new legislation and Regulations making it even more complex. However, ignorance is no defence and breach of health & safety law, infringement of employee rights or failure to follow statutory HR procedures and be very costly both in terms of time and money.

HR2YOU can help you and your business get off to the right start of them! Services provided by HR2YOU include unlimited access to a HR Consultant, an employee handbook, policies, procedures and forms and contracts

The Equality Act 2010

Sarah — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:12:22 +0000

The Equality Act came into force on 1st October 2010, but what will the Equality Act mean in practice for employers and employees?

The Act will have a big impact on employers and they should ensure that their equal opportunity and recruitment policies are compliant. The new law is likely to have a greater impact on smaller organisations as they are less likely to have comprehensive anti-discrimination and harassment policies already in place.

While this will mean extra work, once in force it should ensure that both employers and employees benefit from a fairer and more transparent workplace.

The Act requires organisations of all sizes and types to promote equality and avoid discrimination in the workplace. The new law consolidates and clarifies the existing discrimination legislation concerning sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief and age, and seeks to adopt a single approach where appropriate.

Contact HR2YOU to make sure you are up to date with Equality legislation because getting it right is pay as you go – but getting it wrong could cost you over £65,000!

Budget Announcement

Sarah — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:08:49 +0000

The recent Budget announcement sadly indicated that it is not the beginning of the end for the UK’s economic difficulties, but the start of painfully slow growth and a period of prolonged high unemployment which is estimated to rise to 3 million (10%) by the time Mr. Osborne’s measures take full effect.

What does this mean to businesses?? Often they need to make redundancies in order to promote growth. According to the CIPD overall, a third of employers (32%) expect to cut jobs during the next three months.

Regardless of the business size, it is important that managers and company owners adhere to legal requirements to ensure they are following a fair redundancy process; because getting it wrong could come as a huge loss, to small or medium company who is struggling to survive in the current economic climate.

If you require support with difficult work situations including redundancy contact us today.