A Guide to Hiring your First Employee

Cost: Free

Attendees of this webinar must be food and drink producers who are registered with the Cywain programme. The Cywain programme offers high-quality support to food and drink producers, from start-ups to micro, small and medium size businesses. Click here to Register.

 

The decision to hire an employee and grow your team is a big step, and it’s crucial to assess whether your business is truly ready. Join us for this essential webinar where we’ll guide you through the key areas you need to consider before employing your first employee.

 

In this session, you’ll learn:

• Financial Readiness: Can your business afford the ongoing costs of hiring? We’ll help you assess your financial situation and forecast the expenses involved.
• Understanding the Role You Need: How do you know which position to hire for first? We’ll discuss how to define the role as well as to determine if you need a full-time, part-time, or temporary employee.
• Employer Responsibilities: Learn about your legal and ethical obligations as an employer, from payroll to employee rights.
• Legal Compliance: Understand the essential legal considerations like contracts, taxes, and workplace safety regulations, ensuring your business stays compliant and avoids costly mistakes.

We reserve the right to cancel or amend the timings of these sessions at any point up to the stated start time of the session.

Delegates may also cancel their booking at any time by following the link in their confirmation email.

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Content Delivery by Programme

·         Presentations will be shared with WG Stakeholders after the event and through the WG Food and Drink Insight Hub

·         For specific projects or ad hoc pieces of work, Welsh companies attending/registering for the events may access the presentations. Depending on the data supplier agreement, the data will not be made available on the Insight hub for other companies to access for 6 months.

·         For other outputs, including downloads from data providers’ on-line portals, parts of reports, presentations or data may be shared with Welsh companies e.g. individual slides, depending on the data agreements with each data provider.

Company Sharing Rules

·         Companies cannot share slides or data to any 3^rd party; they can only use it internally within their company.  The only exception is that a company may share a few slides/ or some data as part of their presentations to customers. No whole presentations or reports can be forwarded to any 3^rd Party.

·         No data can be shared onto any public forum.

·         Any company that is found to break these rules will be liable for any subsequent action pursued by the data provider.

·         If in doubt, please seek advice from the Brookdale team.

No variation to these conditions shall be binding unless agreed in writing between the authorised representatives of the training provider and the delegate and/or their sponsoring organisation. The delegate and their sponsoring organisation acknowledge that these terms and conditions supersede any written or verbal communication.