Human Resources Advice - People in business

I have heard many times that if it weren’t for people, running a business would be easy. I have also heard the comment that all of the employment legislation makes it too difficult to set up, run, expand or change a business.

That has never been my view. I firmly believe that it is possible to work within these two constraints and make any business successful. The key thing we need to recognise is that the vast majority of employees just want to go to their workplace and do a good job, with acknowledgment of this being shown to them in fair and equitable treatment, with recognition of their contribution.

If we recognise all of this, why do we have the raft of legislation we do? Because in many cases there was not the fair and equitable treatment employees were seeking.

What we need to do is make sure that through adopting fair and equitable employment practices we can maximise the commitment of our employees and at the same time minimise the impact of employment legislation. It is only by doing this that we can all prosper.

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