Small businesses stuck on how to hire and fire
Business Support and Networking - 21/09/2006 11:46:32
A new survey by business experts Croner has revealed that small firms need to address employment practices when employing and sacking staff, it has been reported.
Online recruitment agency onrec.com, says the survey advises employers to go "back to basics" when hiring and firing employees and ensure they know how to stay within the law and save money.
The research says that companies don't know how to act with regard to employee misconduct and basic employment contracts, which is putting employers at risk of potentially costly claims.
Croner says that five "management myths" are catching out employers and costing them money and staff.
The five include believing smaller firms are exempt from paying staff the national minimum wage and that a monthly paid employee's period of notice is one month.
Many also think that if nothing is in writing, there is no contract of employment or that an employer can sack someone on the spot without following any procedure if the employee is guilty of gross misconduct.
Some also believe that an employee with less than one year's service can be dismissed for any reason.
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