The growing business handbook : inspiration and advice ... - Sparkler

Contents
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Part Four People and performance 103
4.1 Rewarding good performance and lowering corporate
risk 105
Will Cookson, Mazars
Introduction 105
Rewarding performance 105
The reward mix 106
Quantum of the reward 106
Managing risk 106
Performance conditions 107
Performance-related reward 107
Conclusion 108
4.2 Employment policies 111
Belinda Copland, Goodman Derrick
Direct employment 111
Agency/freelance staff 112
Outsourcing 113
Employment policies and procedures 113
Which procedures are required? 114
4.3 Taking on an employee 117
Business Link
Avoiding discrimination when recruiting 117
Preventing illegal working 118
Providing a written statement 118
Paying your employee and deducting tax 118
Training helps support growth 119
Making the most of your employees’ skills 120
4.4 Training for growth 123
David Gibbons-Wood and Gemma Kearney, Aberdeen Business School
Five steps to realizing the benefits of training 124
4.5 Executive search for smaller businesses 129
Alex Steele, A Steele Associates