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- A guide to business insurance
- Overview of key small-business insurances, such as public liability, professional indemnity and building and contents cover.
- See more in: business, insurance, commercial, cover, expenses, public, liability, indemnity, professional, legal, small, building, contents, employers
- 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, immigration, immigrants, foreign workers, employees, staff, employment, hiring, legal, guides
- Bullying in the workplace – too costly to ignore
- The macho culture which often prevails in the kitchen, is unacceptable says one of the world's leading chefs, and Richard Port of Clarion Solicitors says this applies to every industry.
- See more in: Raymond Blanc, bullying, kitchen, chefs, legal, guides
- 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.
- See more in: HR, recruitment, staff, employees, employment, hiring, interviews, guides
- 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, employees, employment, hiring, interviews, CVs, news
- 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.
- See more in: recruitment, HR, staff, employees, employment, hiring, news analysis
- Starting an online business – Gillian Nissim
- Starting a business is hard enough as it is – Gillian managed it while juggling the arguably trickier job of raising two children.
- See more in: online, internet, recruitment, startups, start a business, work from home, interviews
- Company formation checklist
- A guide to the key decisions you have to make when forming your company. By Brian McLelland, solicitor and Managing Director at Business Lawyers Ltd.
- See more in: legal, company formation, startups, start a business, guides
- 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, employees, 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.
- See more in: HR, legal, funerals, employment, staff, employees, guides, paid leave
- 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
- The fire safety law
- The fire safety laws changed in 2006 so here's a guide to what the changes mean for you and your premises.
- See more in: fire safety, legal, guides
- Personality a big part of leadership
- Fabio Capello has it. Blair has it; Brown seemingly does not. A change management expert says that charisma is hugely important in a leader.
- See more in: leadership, management, Fabio Capello, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, news
- 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, employees, employment, legal, contracts, employment contracts, guides
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