This month's issue
This month's issue (March 2007)
We know that running your own business is stressful enough without having to navigate your way through myriads of ever-changing governmental rules and regulations. However, it is vital that you don’t ignore your legal responsibilities! Failure to do so can result in costly penalties and can be devastating for you and your business.
On 12 March a pub was ordered to pay a former employee £16,786 after he claimed that he was sacked for refusing to change the channel on the pub’s television back to an Arsenal-Liverpool game. His former employer insists this isn’t what happened at all. They claim that they didn’t sack him, but that he resigned. This may well be the case. However, the employment tribunal ruled the case to be automatically unfair because the pub didn’t handle the incident according to the government’s statutory disciplinary procedures. As this case clearly illustrates, failure to follow correct disciplinary procedures can cost your business dearly when it doesn’t need to.
You are probably thinking that the same will never happen to you and your business. However, cases like the one described above are brought before employment tribunals all the time. How do you know that you have correct procedures in place and how can you possibly keep up to date with changes in the law at the same time as running a successful business?
This is where we come in. Make use of our law guide and documents to avoid having to pay costly fines because you didn’t follow the correct procedures. In the case above, the employer could easily have avoided shelling out £16,786 if they had a proper disciplinary procedure in place. You too can avoid a similar situation by using our online employee handbook which contains comprehensive, up-to-date disciplinary and grievance procedures.
You can also keep on top of the current hot topics and changes in legislation by reading our monthly business bulletins. Topics covered in this month’s issue are:
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