As a business owner you may know from the get-go that you need staff or the situation may arise during the busy season when you are run off your feet and could do with an extra set of hands and if you’re particularly lucky, your business will have grown to a point where you have no choice but to contract staff. There are plenty of horror stories doing the rounds about the pitfalls of hiring outside help or assurances that it isn’t necessary to give “official” contracts, you can just pay in cash.

