• Meeting employee's demands
• 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, staff, HR, employee, guide

• Don't blag your way through blogging
• Businesses need a clear blogging policy before letting their employees loose on the net, says Ben King, strategic director of bit10 ltd.
• See more in: news, staff, IT, employee, guide, , blogging

• 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.
• See more in: HR, staff, employment, employment contracts, contract, employee, guide, law

• Compassionate leave: paying respect
• It's an emotive subject, but having a clear policy can preclude many problems says Peter-Jon Chalmers of Empire PR.
• See more in: HR, employment, staff, paid leave, employee, funeral, guide, compassionate leave, law

• Change management: Managing existing employees' expectations
• Buying a business can have an enormous effect on the existing staff. So how do you take that in your stride, and theirs?
• See more in: ownership, management, staff, buy a business, employee, guide, change management, employee expectations, 

• 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.
• See more in: temporary staff, HR, recruitment, staff, employment, hiring, employee, guide, law

• 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.
• See more in: recruitment, interior design, decor, workplaces, employment, HR, employee, guide, office

• 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, employment, recruitment, perks, news, salaries, wages, employee

• 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.
• See more in: recruitment, HR, staff, employment, hiring, news analysis, employee

• Employing immigrant workers
• Small businesses need to be more vigilant than ever about hiring foreign workers, says Laura Mitchell of Clarion Solicitors.
• See more in: HR, recruitment, foreign workers, staff, employment, hiring, employee, guide, law, immigration

• Employing staff
• Recruitment can be a difficult and time-consuming task. BusinessWings provides some pointers.
• See more in: HR, recruitment, staff, employment, hiring, employee, guide, employing staff, 

• 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.
• See more in: equal opportunities, HR, recruitment, staff, employment, hiring, employee, guide, law

• 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, staff, employment, hiring, employee, guide, law

• 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.
• See more in: recruitment, HR, staff, employment, hiring, news, CV, employee, interview

• Managing employees: mavericks in the workplace
• Talent management specialist Judith Germain examines 'maverick' employees and how best to harness their talents.
• See more in: maverick, mavericks, staff, management, training, managers, employee, guide, HR

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