The Company Director's Desktop Guide has been providing accessible, expert guidance and assurance to company directors for many years.This comprehensive, user-friendly guide assures Company Directors that they can be assured that they comply with an ever-growing maze of UK legislation and minimize their exposure to personal liability.The tasks and responsibilities of the company director are becoming more demanding as the amount and complexity of legislation increases. This is a practically oriented book, ideal for company directors who: have no legal training—it refers to the law but is jargon-free; need to know what to do and what not to do—it is packed with checklists, hints and warnings; are pressed for time—the book focuses on the essentials; and are concerned about liabilities—it outlines how these can arise and provides guidance on how to minimize their effects.This new edition has been fully updated and revised to take account of all the latest changes to UK law and practice. It includes new material on: employee comparability and consultation, including part time employees and fixed term contract personnel; accounting for human assets; The Operating and Financial Review; Corporate Social Responsibility.
Author(s): David M. Martin
Edition: 3rd
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 428
About the author......Page 5
Icons......Page 6
Contents......Page 11
introduction......Page 17
chapter one......Page 23
chapter two......Page 47
chapter three......Page 67
chapter four......Page 83
chapter five......Page 107
chapter six......Page 139
chapter seven......Page 159
chapter eight......Page 177
chapter nine......Page 193
chapter ten......Page 219
chapter eleven......Page 241
chapter twelve......Page 267
chapter thirteen......Page 285
chapter fourteen......Page 303
chapter fifteen......Page 329
chapter sixteen......Page 347
chapter seventeen......Page 381
chapter eighteen......Page 407
appendices......Page 427
