A Guide to Employing People for Your Business

Thinking about employing people for your business? Well, you’ve come to the right place!

If you’re wondering what you need to hire someone, you must know that you need someone with a great sense of humour because laughter really is the best medicine—we are sort of joking here, but work does become a lot more fun if you’ve got someone who can make you laugh.

On a more serious bookkeeping note, keep on reading if you’re a keen bean and want to learn what you need to employ people (and what we do as a business ourselves!).

What do you need to employ people?

• Employment contract, which outlines administrative topics such as the employment status (i.e., full-time, part-time, or casual), the hours of work, etc.

• Policies of the business to ensure they understand what’s expected of them and what’s required in a certain event (e.g., professional conduct, use of digital equipment, etc.).

• Internal processes that cover common circumstances that arise within the business (e.g., the process of carrying out basic tasks, applying for annual leave, etc.).

What do we do at BBKC?

To make things super easy for you, your employee, and your bookkeeper (can’t forget about those bookkeeping magicians!), we highly recommend preparing an employment pack for newbies.

Here at BBKC, we have a pack that covers documentation from forms (i.e., employee details, Tax File Number, superannuation) to details about the role and everything else in between. It’s been a real life saver, in our humble opinion!

If you’d like to learn more about what you need to hire people for your business, please visit the Fair Work Ombudsman.