When a new employee starts with a new company, there are several internal and external factors that can affect the employment relationship. An internal factor could be training. If an employee does not get sufficient training or the training that they may have been promised at the start of employment
Three different types of employment status are an employee, a worker and self-employed. An employee can be part-time, full-time, permanent or temporary. They will work under a contract of employment which can be written or verbal. They have full rights. All employees will be workers but not all workers are employees. Workers do still have some rights. Workers will be working under various contracts. Workers do have part rights. This is one of the main reasons it is important to clarify someone’s employment status. An individual who is self employed will work for themselves rather than working for an employer. The main difference is that they have no rights and you as an employer will not be responsible for paying their tax or NI contributions.
It is key to clearly determine an individual employment status for several reasons. As different employment statuses have different rights and entitlements such as holiday pay and enrolment in a pension scheme for employees which a self employed individual wouldn’t be entitled too. It is also important for someone to know where they legally stand so there is no breakdown in trust between two people which may lead to demotivation.
It is very important for employees to get a good work life balance as this will reduce employee stress which in turn will cut down staff sickness rates and save the company money. The happier our staff are the more efficiently they will work. This will increase our productivity and profit.
All employees are entitled to a minimum of 28 days (5.6 weeks) paid statutory annual leave. This can include