employing staff

[YD1]

im looking to emply staff for the first time. i have met with a HR consultant who has quoted me £640 to draw up the emplyee contract and grevience/disiplinary procedures. Do i really need a consultant for this or should i give it a go myslef. Also seems quite expensive. she charges £85 per hour an estimates it will take 3-4 hours for the contract and 2.5 houyrs for the grevience/disiplinary procedure document.

 

[Taylorn]

I'm certainly no expert in HR however I am sure that you can get templates of these contracts and make amendments as necessary such as holiday pay etc... Most employment contracts are the same - well the ones I've had in the past have been.
Then if you are not sure it would be cheaper in my opinion to get your solicitor to have a quick read through. I certainly wouldn't part with £600 for a HR 'expert' to spend 10 or so hours on a basic contract.
Just my opinion.

 

[Ashley_Price]

That sounds expensive. Why not speak to a solicitor?

I certainly would not advise trying to do it yourself, if you get it wrong it's going to cost you a hell of a lot more in the future if there are problems.

I can recommend a good solicitor who does all our stuff and he's very reasonable.

 

[YD1]

if i could get the contact details for the person who does your stuff that would be great

 

[Ashley_Price]

I'll PM you.

 

[Chris Ashdown]

Join the FSB and get them free along with other benifits and also save money

 

[HC-Martin]

Have a look at these guys: http://www.simply-docs.co.uk/

Certainly a good starting point for £35.

 

[stevesolo]

You could try to contact ACAS and ask them where you can obtain sample contracts or even templates.

Details available at www.acas.org.uk

Good luck

 

[Ashley_Price]

Sample contracts and templates are okay, to a point. See more on the ACAS SITE: HIRING STAFF

If you go down this route you still need to make sure you still have it looked over by a legal advisor in case of problems.

 

[MyAccountantOnline]

This might help -

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1073858787

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdot...76661&r.li=1082429474&r.l1=1073858787&r.lc=en

 

[Christiane]

Hi

I can highly recommend http://www.sjbealehrconsult.co.uk/

She helped me tailor the contract to my requirements (part time staff). Her template are more than reasonable too.

Also think about payroll. I use the payroll service at my accountant's. Very reasonable rates and I get to ask as many questions as I need to. I had an employee who had another job and it gets complicated with tax, NI, etc. Also another one went off sick for 6 weeks and as it was part time with no other employee (at the time) I got the sick pay money back.

 

[davidakerr]

The FSB route is one I would endorse. Their Terms and Conditions comply explicity with The Employments Rights Act and no need for a solicitor to look it over.

 

[Cobaltum]

< Another vote for the FSB route!

Federation of Small Businesses,
and Business Link are really your best bets!

The FSB is only £120/year and you can get a wide range of benefits.