The Company director's desktop Guide has Provided accessible, expert guidance to company directors for many years, This latest edition offers directors in every type of organisation practical, Jargon-free advice on every aspect of the role. At time when legislation, tasks and responsibilities are more onerous than ever, this guide remains indispensable.

The new edition has been fully updated throughout to take account of all changes to the law and provides guidance on the main items changing as a result of the new Companies Act. New material includes :


●Practical guidance on avoiding age discrimination

●Interpretation of the new Fire Safety regulations

●Revised Authority Risk chart(to be required under new legislation)

●Revision of the requirements of the Operating and Financial Review

●Advice on retirement of employees

●A new Directors Induction Checklist


This best-selling guide is ideal for every company director who:

●Has no legal training- it deals with the law in a jargon-free way, from a practical point of view

●Needs to know what to do and what not to do – the book is packed with checklists, techniques, hints and warnings Is concerned about liabilities – it shows you how these can arise and how to minimise their effect

 

David Martin FCIS,FCIPD, FIOD runs his own successful consultancy – Buddenbrook – and is a Fellow of the lnstitutes of Chartered Secretaries, Personnel and Development and Directors. He is a regular seminar speaker throughout the UK and has written over 40 books including One Stop Company Secretary (four editions )and The A to Z of employment practice (Thorogood). He is the author of Gee's updating manuals Employment letters and procedures and Model employment policies and handbooks and is consultant editor of Tolley's Company secretary's link