Employment in tourism businesses
Employment law and best practice resources that can help you run your tourism business lawfully and efficiently.
If you employ staff in your tourism business, or are thinking of doing so in the future, there are a number of things that you will need to consider.
The guides below can help you comply with the relevant employment laws, and provide you with best practice know-how for managing your staff:
- taking on staff - make effective recruitment decisions and get the right people in place
- HR documents and templates - downloadable forms, checklists and sample documents to help you with your day-to-day HR practices
- the employment contract - understand the basic elements of a contract of employment as required by law
- National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage - ensure that you're paying your employees the correct minimum hourly rate
- ensuring your workers are eligible to work in the UK - if you employ migrant workers, make sure you check their entitlement to work in the UK
- prevent discrimination and value diversity - understand and keep on the right side of the laws that ban unfair treatment of staff
- working time - the rules about working hours and how best to manage them
- holiday, sickness and other leave - comply with legislation related to leave entitlement and allowing time off work
- handling grievances - develop grievance procedures and put them into practice to resolve problems effectively
- dismissals, resignations and retirements - manage staff leaving and dismissal fairly and correctly
- staff training and development - guidance on how to train your staff to improve their skills
- zero-hours contracts - your responsibilities and the advantages and disadvantages of zero-hours contracts
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