Legal requirements for tourism businesses

If you employ staff in your tourism business, or are thinking of doing so in the future, there are a number of things that you will need to consider. 

The guides below can help you comply with the relevant employment laws, and provide you with best practice know-how for managing your staff:

• taking on staff - make effective recruitment decisions and get the right people in place
• HR documents and templates - downloadable forms, checklists and sample documents to help you with your day-to-day HR practices
• the employment contract - understand the basic elements of a contract of employment as required by law
• National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage - ensure that you're paying your employees the correct minimum hourly rate
• ensuring your workers are eligible to work in the UK - if you employ migrant workers, make sure you check their entitlement to work in the UK
• prevent discrimination and value diversity - understand and keep on the right side of the laws that ban unfair treatment of staff
• working time - the rules about working hours and how best to manage them
• holiday, sickness and other leave - comply with legislation related to leave entitlement and allowing time off work
• handling grievances - develop grievance procedures and put them into practice to resolve problems effectively
• dismissals, resignations and retirements - manage staff leaving and dismissal fairly and correctly
• staff training and development - guidance on how to train your staff to improve their skills
• zero-hours contracts - your responsibilities and the advantages and disadvantages of zero-hours contracts