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health & safety, hR, finance, legal

This issue our in-depth look at what you really need to businesses. There’s some discussion too about when an
know about running your business proves once again employee is actually an employee. You and the tax office
just what a complex issue HR and staff relations can be. might think you employ them as a consultant, but the
And that particularly applies when you make the difficult EAT may have other ideas. Read on to find out more.
decision to make someone redundant or to dismiss Also this issue we take another look at the ongoing
them for gross misconduct. The latest rulings from the issue that is late payments, and see if the Government’s
EAT seem to suggest that how you go about doing this attempts to take some action on late payers amounts
depends to a large extent on how big your business to anything. And we consider the often overlooked
is. Multinationals, for example, might be expected to danger from transport accidents at work. Make sure your
be much more thorough than small owner-managed warehouse is as safe as it can be.

legal
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health &
safety
p28

finance hR
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