Recruitment

Resources for advice, support and vacancy promotion to help you employ staff:

Local services

You could also contact the Wrexham Communities for Work+ team to discuss work placements you can offer.

Resources from our business and investment team

Our Business and Investment team are able to provide access to a range of market leading resources:

Access document / contract templates and model policies

We can provide free access to more than 1,000 up-to-date and customisable business documents from the Indicator – FL Memo tips and advice business database (external link). These include topics such as employment law, fire safety, HR, health and safety. 

Complete our enquiry form if you would like to request a list of all the document templates and model policies available via this resource (you can request up to 10 per month).

Employing and managing staff factsheets

You can complete our enquiry form to request (up to a maximum of 5 per week, for your own use) any of the following factsheets of interest. Please specify both the number and title in your request.

These factsheets are continually updated in line with changes in regulations. 

  • BIF477 - A Guide to the Agency Workers Regulations 2010
  • BIF473 - A Guide to the Equality Act 2010
  • BIF535 - A Guide to the Immigration Act 2016
  • BIF217 - A Guide to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006
  • BIF316 - A Guide to the Working Time Regulations 1998
  • BIF558 - Apprenticeships for Small Employers in Wales
  • BIF383 - Benefits in Kind Provided to Employees
  • BIF241 - Checklist for First-time Employers
  • BIF084 - Checklist for Inducting a New Employee
  • BIF036 - Checklist for Recruiting Staff
  • BIF371 - Choosing and Using a Recruitment Agency
  • BIF255 - Criminal Record Checks in England and Wales
  • BIF464 - Discipline and Grievance Procedures
  • BIF525 - Employee Share Schemes
  • BIF336 - Employer Sponsorship of Work Visa Applications
  • BIF213 - Employers' Checklist for Job Interviews
  • BIF556 - Employers' Guide to the New Points-based Immigration System
  • BIF375 - Employers' Liability Insurance
  • BIF129 - Employing Part-time Workers
  • BIF457 - Employing Staff on Fixed-term Contracts
  • BIF259 - Employing Staff Under 18 Years Old
  • BIF374 - Handling Flexible Working Requests
  • BIF246 - Hiring Temporary Workers Through an Agency
  • BIF118 - Managing Employee Sickness Absence
  • BIF523 - National Insurance for Employers
  • BIF328 - National Minimum Wage
  • BIF458 - Pay As You Earn (PAYE)
  • BIF482 - Pension Auto-enrolment
  • BIF168 - Redundancy Legislation and Procedures
  • BIF498 - Registering with HMRC as a New Employer
  • BIF540 - Right to Work Checks
  • BIF053 - Setting up and Running a Payroll System
  • BIF446 - Smoking and E-cigarettes in the Workplace
  • BIF020 - Staff Appraisals
  • BIF335 - Staff Internet and E-mail Policy
  • BIF511 - Statutory Adoption Leave and Pay
  • BIF091 - Statutory Maternity Leave and Pay
  • BIF512 - Statutory Paternity Leave and Pay
  • BIF002 - Summary of UK Health and Safety Legislation
  • BIF042 - Written Statements of Employment Particulars

Workforce development

Both Wrexham University and Coleg Cambria also offer practical and focused training: 
 

The Money and Pensions Service (external link) also provide free, unbiased money and pensions guidance and can help you and your employees with financial wellbeing in the workplace. 

Redundancy support

If you are facing the difficult decision of making staff redundant, you can find support for both your business and employees under threat of redundancy from: