Small businesses and growing companies employ staff to keep up with the business operations and growth. As employers you have responsibilities towards staff under the UK employment law. Failed to comply may lead to your staff file complaints with Employment Tribunals and attract unwelcome publicity. The publicity can be damaging your business reputation and labelled you as bad employers.
Company Handbook For Employees
Having a company handbook for employees can avoid understanding between you and your staff. Your company handbook should detail your company policies and procedures on how your company is managed and what are the rules your staff must follow.
The company handbook can also serve as a guideline in resolving any disputes between you and your employees and encourage fair and consistency within your company.
Costly Mistakes For Employers
Your staff can make a compliant to Employment Tribunals against you for the following reasons.
- Sacking your staff on unfair ground
- Not allowing your staff to take their holidays or breaks
- Refusing employees’ rights
- Discriminating against people who work for you, want to work for you or have worked for you
- Not providing safe working environment for your staff
- Paying your staff less than the national minimum wage
- Asking your staff to work long hours
- Not following disciplinary procedures
- Not paying your staff for sickness, maternity and redundancy
- Not paying men and women equal pay for the same job.
Concise Accountancy provides PAYE registration services to first time employer. Our accountants are more than happy to advice you the procedure of taking on new staff and other legal obligations you must fulfil as employers. Feel free to contact our accountants to discuss your staffing matters.
Concise Accountancy – Good Employers Practices For Small Businesses
