CIPD – 3MER – Supporting Good Practice in Managing Employment Relations.
It is important when employing someone new to create a good working relationship from the beginning there are both internal and external factors that can impact and effect employment relationships. An internal factor could be a good benefits and incentives package if it is a desirable package it may create a hardworking staff force from the beginning of the employment, for example an enhanced maternity package could see you hold onto valued members of staff. The management style and employee progression are also internal factors if the company has a positive management style that enables them to build good relationships with the employees and they then recognise
As a company you do not want to find yourself liable for paying the national insurance and Tax for someone you believed to be a worker or self-employed if in fact they believed themselves to be an employee it will be the company’s responsibility in the eyes of HMRC and you will be made to pay even if the individual has already been paid. It is also important to understand the difference as a self-employed/business has the right to assign work to others so if you are expecting that specific person to do the work you wouldn’t be able to do anything about it other than complain which does not create a good working relationship. An employee will have full employment rights and you will need to provide them with written particulars within two months they also have protection from unfair dismissal so it is important to determine who is an employee as if they are dismissed unfairly you will become liable for legal proceedings.
Once an employee has a contract of employment they have certain rights, it is important to create a good work life balance. Work-life balance is a concept that supports the efforts of employees to split their time and energy between work and the other important aspects of their lives. Work-life balance is a daily effort to make time for family, friends, social commitments, personal activities, in addition to the demands of the workplace. Work-life balance is encouraged by employers who create