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- Happy employees will make your business fly
- Dotcom entrepreneur Marcus Markou makes the distinction between the employees who won’t shy away from identifying flaws, and those who can only see the flaws
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- The changing face of work
- A guide to economic and workplace developments from 1700 to the present day, with one eye on the future, by Workology.
- See more in: history, economics, working, employment, employees, industrial revolution, timeline, labour, internet, unemployment, working hours
- Four in 10 prefer being flexible to flush
- Flexibility is almost as important to workers than money, according to a small-business survey.
- See more in: flexible working, working hours, employees, employment, recruitment, perks, news, pay, salaries, wages
- The inclusive workplace
- Running a small business is hard if you're haemorrhaging staff, and pivotal to retaining your workforce is a creating a great workplace.
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- Employing immigrant workers
- Small businesses need to be more vigilant than ever about hiring foreign workers, says Laura Mitchell of Clarion Solicitors.
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- When the tail wags the dog
- Employers have to accomodate an ever greater set of employee demands, either due to legislation or through fear of missing out on the best staff.
- See more in: flexible working, flexi-time, EU, working hours, Working Time Directive, work-life balance, employees, staff, HR, guides
- Catching the candidates
- High employment levels are great for the workforce, but recruiting staff is highly competitive as a result. A new approach is needed, says Bond International Software.
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- How to draw up an employment contract
- By law you have to write an employment contract soon after an employee starts, but the contract doesn't cover all obligations between parties.
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- Don't blag your way through blogging
- Ben King, strategic director of bit10 ltd says companies must have a clear blogging policy in place before letting their employees loose on the net.
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- CV cheats prospering
- People that lie on their CV are slipping through the net thanks to a lack of vigilance from businesses, according to new research.
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- Recruitment: asking the right questions
- You should ask mostly open questions at interviews says Suzanne Cameron, Senior Commercial Consultant at Carlton Resource Solutions, although closed questions, too, have their place.
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- Agency workers: your employees or the agency's?
- The law surrounding agency workers, their status and their rights is quite ambiguous. Brian Mclelland of Business Lawyers explains the implications of a recent legal precedent.
- See more in: temporary staff, HR, recruitment, employees, staff, employment, hiring, legal, guides
- Paying respects: paid leave for funerals
- It's an emotive subject, but having a clear policy can preclude many problems says Peter-Jon Chalmers of Empire PR.
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- Temporary staff: the law
- With European and domestic law clashing over the issue, the rights of temporary staff are not always obvious to many business owners.
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- Equal opportunities in the workplace
- Aside from being illegal and unethical to discriminate on any grounds apart from ability and hard work, it's not the best way to run a business.
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- Recruiting staff
- Recruitment can be a difficult and time-consuming task. BusinessWings provides some pointers.
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- Managing a change in ownership
- Buying a business can have an enormous effect on the existing staff. So how do you take that in your stride, and theirs?
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