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Top Work At Home Opportunities

Biz-Online — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:57:33 +0000

There are hundreds if different opportunities these days to work at home, and many of these can be carried out quickly and easily over the Internet, so all you need to set up is a computer and broadband or dial up access. Internet jobs are varied, and it is important that you research each opportunity carefully, as there are plenty of scams out there that could end up actually costing you money, without any profit at all.

Watch out for opportunities that seem to good to be true, as like any home business Internet based jobs require a bit of time and effort before you starting making good money, so any opportunity that promises instant rewards for little work is usually a scam, especially if you need to pay a sum of money to set it all up.

Here are some of the legitimate working from home opportunities currently available on the Internet:

Data Inputting – several companies offer opportunities for data inputting, which can be done quickly and easily from your computer at home. How much you earn will depend on how much data you can input per week, and this is a good opportunity for those who are new to Internet working and using computers.
Survey Completion – this is a very popular Internet job, as surveys are quick and easy to fill out, but you may find it difficult to find enough survey work to make any money. However this is a good ‘fill in’ job that you can have running in the background and fit in around other work to supplement your income. Companies like Lightspeed Panel (www.lightspeedpanel.com) pay around £1.50 per survey (depending on the length) and long running surveys completed over a few weeks can pay up to £16 each.
Form Completion – several companies offer jobs working from home filling in forms, which pays well at around £4-6 per form. This is easy work, but similar the survey jobs as you may find it difficult to get enough forms to make good money, so again this is another ‘fill in’ job.
Blogging – setting up your own blog requires a bit of time and effort, but if you have a successful blog with a high volume of site traffic then you can potentially make a lot of money by advertising products on your website through affiliate programs.
Internet Research – there are some job opportunities that require you to have a good knowledge of the Internet, and be able to search through it quickly and efficiently for required information. These jobs can pay good money, but you will need to be fast and accurate, and have a good understanding of spelling and grammar.

Dropship wholesale business – this is also one of the popular work-at-home opportunity among many internet marketers. It works like this – buyer buys a product from your site or ebay listing, you place same order on drop shipper’s site at wholesale price – drop shipper sends the product to the actual buyer. Thus you sell a product at retail price and thus generat a handsome commission without the hassle of shipping it.

There are so many Internet based opportunities out there it can be difficult to work out which jobs are legitimate, and which ones will make you enough money to make your input worthwhile. Work at Home 99 is a helpful website that guides you through the process of working from home, and also has an excellent work at home directory that lists all of the best Internet jobs currently available. Work at Home 99 also has some valuable advice on home computer security, so that you can keep your computer and personal information safe whilst working on the Internet.

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Protecting Your Business Data

Biz-Online — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:33:46 +0000

As identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world, it is important that you take care to protect all of the data held by your business, including that of your employees and your clients. There is a legal requirement for data protection in the UK that you will need to comply with, which applies to:

…data about living, identified or identifiable individuals and includes information such as names and addresses, bank details, and opinions expressed about an individual.

Data Protection Act 1998

The Data Protection Act will also guide you on issues such as when it is acceptable to provide any personal data that is requested from you, and the rights of individuals whose data you hold.

Marketing

The use of personal data in direct marketing strategies is essential, but there are rules that govern how you can go about this. The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 set out rules on how direct electronic marketing (telephone or email) can be carried out. The main compliances marketing departments need to adhere to are that agents must identity themselves when they are contacting individuals or organisations, and provide contact information so that the recipient can return the communication, which should be a postal or email address, or a toll free telephone number.

Ecommerce

If you are running a website based business and want customers to be able to pay or provide sensitive personal information online, then you must ensure you have adequate website security in place, such as up to date encryption software. You will also need to ensure that records of payments and transactions are kept in a secure physical location, such as a locked and alarmed storage or office space.

Employee Records

Make sure you store your employee records separately from your main filing, and restrict access to authorised personal only. Keep these records locked and secure, and avoid leaving sensitive files out on your desk when you are not in the room. If you have to send any important employee data through the post (such as sick records or notification of termination of employment) then use recorded postal services to ensure that it is delivered directly to the correct person.

Hope that helps to secure and take steps to protect your business data.

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Small Business – dealing with sickness

Biz-Online — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:10:50 +0000

Sick leave can have a significant impact on small businesses, as the loss of even one employee from a small staff rota can cause major problems. There are rules and regulations for dealing with employee sickness, and it is important that you follow these carefully, as if you mismanage sickness you could be left vulnerable to legal procedures through employment tribunals.

Sick Leave Entitlements

It is advisable that you inform your staff of their sick leave entitlements by including it in their contract, (preferably written), when they join your company. You should include details about what sick pay they can expect to receive, either SSP (statutory sick pay) or a company ‘sick pay scheme’ and for how long. Company schemes are normally put in place after a probationary period (for example 3 months), and will set out how many weeks full pay will continue into sick leave, what time half pay occurs and when pay will cease all together. SSP is a national scheme, which employees can only receive if they qualify, and the current rate is £75.40 per week, which starts on the fourth day of sickness (so you may not get anything else for the first three days).

The standard amount of time staff can self certificate themselves is 8 days, and then after that they will need a medical certificate from their doctor. If a medical certificate is not produced, then the employee can be classed as ‘absent without leave’, and it is usual for them to no longer be entitled to either SSP or full pay under the company sick scheme.

Holiday

Employers must remember that normally staff should continue to accrue holiday whilst on sick leave. It is advisable for them to return to work for at least one day before taking any holiday directly following a period of sick leave, so that you can assess their health and ensure that they are not taking holiday when they are still unwell. If the employee is off for over a year then they would normally lose that whole years’ sick leave, apart from the limited amount that they are allowed to carry forward into the new leave year.

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