Creating a fairer Britain
We have been working with smaller businesses to find out how best we can support those that don’t have in-house access to professional HR advice. As a result we are developing a series of guides tailored to the specific needs of small and medium sized businesses.
Meeting the differing needs of employees is a careful balancing act for small business owners. In dealing with employment issues, you need to be fair to the individual concerned, keep your other employees happy and comply with the law – while at the same time making sure your business can prosper.
Our guide, Straightforward answers to... 50 difficult questions on equality and good employment practice, provides answers to the issues many small business owners tell us they face.
Adopting a flexible approach has been shown to increase staff commitment and motivation, and to improve relations between employers and employees. It can also allow some businesses to cut costs and increase productivity. This guide will show how flexible working can add value to your business.
This guide is about managing the downturn and how to manage redundancy. We started with a guide to the downturn because of the deteriorating economic climate. We understand that sometimes firms will have no option but to shed staff. When this happens we know business owners will want to do it in a way that is fair to all their staff and avoids the waste of time and energy taken up by grievance and tribunal processes.
We are developing further guides in this series on a range of topics including accessibility, procurement, organisational culture and the Equality Bill to follow in the near future.
If you are interested in being alerted or sent copies when we publish new guides, please contact us by email to register your interest.