Good Management
Here to ease the pressures of staff management, the face2faceHR blog is regularly updated with content to help with the challenges of a growing small business.
Once you have reached the point that you are either starting to employ staff or are realising that a proper employment contract...
In the course of our work we obviously read lots of different contracts of employment being used by a variety of organisations....
As with many aspects of employment, there are myths about contracts of employment which persist, and which it can be dangerous for...
As a minimum legal requirement you must issue employees with a written ‘statement of particulars’ containing information about some of the main...
Many small employers still take the view that employment contracts for staff are an irritating legal requirement, or a constraining document which...
There has been debate about the value of the annual appraisal and what format performance management should take for some time now,...
It’s very common for high performers in a team to get overlooked when it comes to performance management. They are reliable, always...
Many managers see performance management as a negative thing – it’s something many only start doing (or think they start doing) when...
Managers are all busy people and prioritising performance management can be tricky whilst also focusing on the myriad of other priorities coming...
Grievances are always difficult and can be enormously stressful for all involved. They can also have a disproportionately negative impact on small...
Following a reasonable and fair grievance procedure is vital to any employer, including small businesses, but that is generally not too difficult...
As an employer, you are obliged to have a grievance procedure of some sort in place so that employees know what they...