It’s your worst nightmare - you arrive at your business premises early one morning to find that the landlord has changed the locks. You were only a month behind with the rent. Surely this is illegal?
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You might regard job descriptions as a bit of a luxury and really only the preserve of major employers. But think again - the benefits and protection that they can give may well justify the effort.
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You may have a job vacancy that only a man can fill - or so you believe. Is it safe to ask for a particular sex and if not, can’t the wrong gender candidates simply be disregarded at interview no
matter how suitable they are?
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Watch out for holiday deals..... You should be aware by now that since October 1st 1998 the Working Time Regulations have given all workers the right to at least three weeks’ paid annual leave. This
all-new legal obligation is undoubtedly costing some employers very dearly because there are no exceptions to it. To fund the additional cost of holiday...
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With only a few months to go your business is probably being bombarded with information about Y2K compliance. But have you neglected your employees? There are serious health and safety issues to
consider.
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After a well-earned Easter break you might return to find an employee demanding extra time off because he’d been rostered to work over the holiday. What are your legal obligations and are Bank
Holidays any different?
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What if one of your employees places an order without authority? Will you be bound to pay up? And what action can you take to prevent unauthorised ordering?
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If an Inland Revenue inspector pays your business an unexpected visit and demands to see your tax records, can you show him the door and what are the penalties if your records are less than perfect?
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Pay in lieu of notice - to tax or not to tax?.. You might have followed a full warnings procedure with an underperforming employee and finally chosen to dismiss. You might decide that it would be
better if he left immediately without working any notice. Or you might be faced with a high performing employee who hands in her notice but whose presence...
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