SMEs face employment law difficulties

Many SMEs are still struggling to put in place required policies and standards set out under employment law, according to a new survey.

The latest National Employment Law Survey from the Small Firms Association shows that less than a quarter of small and medium-sized companies — 23%, to be exact — have measures in place to record employees’ working-time, despite there being a legal obligation, under the Organisation of Working Time Act 2001, to do so.

The survey also found that 41% of companies currently have no email or internet policy in place concerning their employees’ usage.