Events, the Budget, Employment Rights Bill, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, on-demand webinars and our 'most downloaded'.....

Welcome to the November edition of useful things for small business owners. Always short and full of free resources to help start-up, small and medium-sized business owners.

A selection of FREE in-person and virtual business events in November

• FSB Networking at The Foundry, Poole
• Understanding new Budget policy for business owners - Is your business ready?
• Hampshire, Dorset and Isle of Wight Virtual Networking
• FSB Creatives Connect
• Health, wellbeing and personal development for small businesses
• FSB Talks: Southampton
• Changes to sexual harassment legislation: What you need to know and how FSB can help
• Disabled Entrepreneurs Networking
• AI Magic: Transform your marketing the easy way
• Ethnic Minority led business networking

The above are taken from a selection of over 107 events in November - full listing here: https://www.fsb.org.uk/event-calendar.html

Analysis: What the budget means for SME’s -

https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/analysis-what-budget-means-smes-fsb-westminster-yf57e/?trackingId=G6UNCbhylkG6j%2BVYByjX1Q%3D%3D

On-demand Webinars:

• ?Employment Law Changes: What You Need to Know and How FSB Can Help
• ?Get new and repeat business with email automation
• ?Maximise Your Membership

Preventing workplace sexual harassment

From 26 October 2024, new legislation comes into effect in England, Scotland, and Wales, requiring employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace from happening in the first place.?

The idea behind the new proactive duty is to shift the focus away from after-the-event liability and towards preventative action.?However, unless an employee brings a successful claim for sexual harassment in the employment tribunal, employers will not be liable for financial compensation.?Read more here:

https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources-page/prevent-workplace-sexual-harassment.html

The Top-Ten most downloaded document templates from the FSB Legal Hub

Our Members have access to over 1000 template and guidance documents, from contracts and policies to letters and essential forms for running a compliant and protected business. Here is the leader table for November -

• Business to Business-Terms and Conditions for the supply of Goods and services
• Letter Before Action to an individual (including sole traders) in England and Wales
• Statutory Demand – Individual Debtor Immediate Payment
• Assignment of Contract Debt
• Invoice Template Guide
• Fixed-Term Contract of Employment
• Casual Hours Worker Contract
• Contract of Employment – Hourly Paid
• Fire Safety Policy
• How to set up a private limited company

Please contact me if you want a full tour of everything we have available, and don't forget that all the documents come with unlimited telephone support!

A reminder of how the FSB helps business owners:

Here is our latest leaflet, outlining the many essential services for business owners that we offer: https://bit.ly/FSB_BenefitsNov23

Thank you for making it this far!

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