Most of us by now are aware of the ruling to abolish tribunal fees for claimants at the end of July 2017 by the Supreme Court. This ruling has led to Early Conciliation Notifications rapidly rising, and employers need to…
HR often gets a bad rap when it comes to managers making business decisions that affect people because those managers want to implement their decisions today, right now without the “hassle” that HR is making them go through. The fact…
I think we need to invest time in learning and evolving every day. We don’t know everything about everything and we don’t know what challenges we will face today, tomorrow or the next day. In a work context, managers are…
Please write stuff down. If you manage staff, issues are going to arise from time to time and you are going to need to rely on things that have been said or done before. It’s so frustrating when you know…
Everyone knows not to ask a female of child-bearing age when they plan to have children at an interview, right?! OK, well here are some other useful hints and tips for interviewing potential newbies for your team: BEFORE THE INTERVIEW…
Do you wait for the boiler to breakdown completely in the dead of winter before you call a plumber or wait until your arm is falling off before you go to see your GP? Do you also wait until you…
Take our Christmas HR Quiz! Question 1: If an employee turns in late for work during the festive period can I deduct their pay? a)Yes of course, go ahead, no questions asked. b)Absolutely not, how dare you even suggest such…
Ok, so thinking ahead to spring may be a little too much to ask but see this as a heads up for the New Year, New Year, new culture, new start. How to Spring clean your HR Check your policies…
And not the marital kind. So, you have thought about annual leave over the festive period, you’ve given sensitive consideration to people with different religious beliefs or non-beliefs, you’ve dusted off your social media policy (or distributed the one I…
Never before has social media been as accessible as it is now. As a result, never has your life had the potential to be as public as it does now! The Christmas party is a prime opportunity for your employees…
