Employing Your First Employee: What Do You Need?
Taking on your first employee is a big step.
It also means taking on responsibilities around employment documents, right-to-work checks, pay, working hours, pensions and workplace policies.
What do you need before an employee starts?
Your recruitment and onboarding process should consider:
- A clear job description
- A written job offer
- Right-to-work checks
- References where appropriate
- Qualification or registration checks where relevant
- DBS checks where the role requires them
- Employment documentation
- Payroll arrangements
- Workplace pension requirements
- Relevant HR policies
- An induction process
Your employee should also receive the required written employment particulars at the appropriate time.
Do you need an employment contract?
A written statement of employment particulars is important, but it is not necessarily the whole employment contract.
Employment terms can also come from verbal agreements, workplace practices and other documents such as policies.
That is why your contracts, policies and actual working arrangements need to match.
Get the basics right early
Good HR does not need to mean piles of paperwork.
It means having clear documents, carrying out the right checks and creating a repeatable recruitment process.
Adept HR Services can help with contracts, onboarding, recruitment processes, right-to-work procedures and employment documentation.
Employing your first person? Get the right foundations in place from day one.