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Are You Struggling With Employee Recruitment and Management?
Is your business struggling to cope with the
weight of legislation and the challenges of
managing your employees? A new survey has
shown that in 55% of SME’s, the managing
director personally deals with all human
resource (HR) issues; taking up to one day a
week.
The survey for the Institute of Directors (IoD)
and Adecco found that 64% of businesses were
reluctant to give up control of HR issues,
but 88% were finding it difficult to find
the right staff and keep up with legislative
changes in the workplace. Not only that,
 but
90% of businesses surveyed had to reform
their HR or employment policies in the last
12 months to keep up with legislation
changes.
Richard Wilson of the IoD, said: “HR issues
take a significant portion of directors’
time but it’s typically done on a reactive
basis. Small businesses also struggle to
keep up with the increasing amount of
legislative red tape which, if not properly
administered, can end up costing businesses
a lot of money.” These problems in
recruiting are not made any easier by 41% of
SME’s not having any formal recruitment
policy in place.
“It’s little wonder that managing HR is a
continual pressure on SME management given
that 46 per cent of company turnover goes on
wages,” said Richard Macmillan, Managing
Director of Adecco UK and Ireland. “Finding
and keeping the right staff in line with
legislation is a massive task for all modern
day businesses, but for small businesses it
tends to fall to the MD to do ‘on the side’"
“There is a danger of ‘procedure burn-out’
for small companies. Access to the right
advice from HR specialists should not be the
preserve of multinationals, as it is often
the smaller companies who have most to lose
from the range of HR issues, from having the
right recruitment process to being sued for
unfair dismissal”
There is discontent among the small business
community regarding employment legislation.
79 per cent of companies think there should
be a fair balance between employee and
employer rights and 73 per cent believe the
law unfairly treats employers. However,
despite strong opinions, only 6 per cent see
‘implementing new employment policies’ as a
priority for their HR and are reacting to
this situation.
If your business is struggling, then why not
see whether you could benefit from external
HR services, hiring an HR specialist, or
even from better HR training.For
more free information and advice on
employment, management and HR issues for
small businesses, visit our Personal
Development portal here.
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