Employing Staff
The employment of staff is a very complex area which impacts mostly on small to medium sized businesses. You may not think you have the budget to employ Human Resources personnel but you still want to ensure that you are operating to best practices and are keeping abreast of your legal requirements. Keeping pace with changes in legislation can be time consuming particularly with employees who are justifiably becoming increasingly aware of their employment rights.
Employment Tribunal
The ceiling for Employment Tribunal awards for Unfair Dismissal is currently in excess of £59K and unlimited in a number of other areas. There is no guaranteed way of preventing cases being taken to Employment Tribunal but these can be limited if the correct procedures have been followed.