SMALL BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR DUMMIES

Includes sample documents for clear guidance and inspiration

Understand your rights and responsibilities as an employer

British small business owners can't afford to learn from their mistakes, especially as regards employment law. This book keeps you onside with the law and onside with your staff too. From hiring and firing through to dealing with wages, pensions, and maternity leave, you'll discover what to do, what not to do, and how to get it right first time.

Discover how to
* Recruit and retain a happy workforce
* Draw up a fair employment contract
* Understand Health and Safety Laws
* Make redundancies the right way
* Manage staff holiday and disciplinary issues

Liz Barclay is presenter of BBC Radio 4’s daily consumer and social affairs programme You and Yours. Before joining the BBC she worked for Citizens Advice specialising in Employment and Family Law and Money Advice. She writes on business issues for BBC Online and has written on business and personal finance for various national newspapers, magazines, and Web sites over the past 10 years. Liz has also produced and presented 60 small business and 10 occupational health and safety programmes for BBC2 and written several booklets on work and personal finance to accompany BBC television and radio programmes. She chairs and speaks at conferences and seminars on work and business, is a trained counsellor, and lives in London.