New Year – New Start with your Employment Needs
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