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Working effectively with employee representatives
Working with employee representatives to improve business performance and avoid disputes.
Representation for workforce agreements
Negotiating with employees on working hours, parental leave, and the use of successive fixed-term contracts.
Preventing communication breakdowns with family employees
How communicating with family employees may differ from communicating with non-family ones.
What to consider before employing family members
Ensuring that a member of your family is right for the job.
Minimising risks of employing family members
How to avoid the employment of family members creating problems for your business.
Family employees and tax requirements
You must report tax, benefits, and expenses for all paid workers.
Employing your partner
Your legal responsibilities when employing a partner are the same as for any other employee.
Food packaging
How food packaging materials are regulated and monitored, and how to use packaging materials safely.
Food packaging safety regulations
An overview of the rules that apply to packaging materials that come into contact with food.
Cling film in food packaging
When cling film must and must not be used with food, and how its use is regulated.
Aluminium in food packaging
How to use aluminium safely in food packaging and cookware, and how its use is regulated.
Phthalates in food packaging
What phthalates are, how they can be used and how safe levels of phthalates in food are set and monitored.
Plastics in food packaging
The controls on the use of plastics in food contact material and the use of food additives in plastics.
Adhesives in food packaging
Guidance on the safe use of adhesives that come into contact with food and how their use is monitored.
BPA in food packaging
What bisphenol-A (BPA) is, what it is used for and how it is regulated in food packaging.
Turn your business into a franchise - eight top tips
Our top tips outline how you can successfully franchise your business.
The franchise agreement for a franchisor
A clear contract sets out what rights and obligations you and the franchisee have.
Pregnant workers, dismissal and discrimination
How employers can ensure they stay on the right side of sex discrimination law and appropriately support pregnant workers.
Preparing for a grievance hearing
What you must do before you hold a grievance hearing to ensure that it runs as smoothly as possible.
Manufacturing and importing tobacco products
Detailed guidance on the rules you need to follow if you manufacture or import tobacco products in the UK.