Employers are obliged to protect staff from bullying and harassment. Generally, this is in terms of discrimination, but may include anything from their favourite football team, what a person wears, their hobbies or their mannerisms. Employers are obliged to ensure that the work environment is mentally safe for everyone and therefore free from bullying […]
Well written policies and procedures which are communicated and applied consistently are the key to ensuring that the risk of discrimination is reduced as much as possible. Employees (as well as workers and job applicants) could bring claims for discrimination on the basis of Age, Gender, Race, Beliefs, Marital Status, Disability and Sexual Orientation. […]
How to manage staff when the English weather turns is always a topic for discussion among employers. In this video (one from our #AskDOHR series) we give employers different elements which they need to consider when making decisions about their business and whether or not to pay staff who fail to come to work […]
Health & Safety is essential for all employers, no matter how large or small your business. Watch our Top Tip to find out more. […]
I was on BBC radio again the other day, discussing the fallout from Carrie Gracie’s resignation over gender pay discrimination. (If you want to listen to the clip, just click HERE) Quite rightly, the issue of gender inequality has reared its head a lot in the last few months, and I think it’s one that […]
(And The Four Processes That Most Business Owners Need To Go Through When Dealing With Staff) I’ve been studying and practicing HR for over 25 years. Which means that I ‘get it’. I ‘understand’ it. However ludicrously worded something is, or however jargonny a contract sounds, I can usually root out the genuine meaning, and […]
With the General Election just around the corner, one thing has been in the news A LOT: elder care. The Conservative Party announced that as part of their manifesto, workers would be given a legal right to take a year’s leave to care for elderly relatives. (There has been what some have called a “u-turn”, […]
Following comments by Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellows at a charity event for the Belgravia Society, I was asked by BBC 3 Counties Radio Presenter Roberto Perrone which was more important to employers Beauty or Brains. You can hear my short interview here, but as always with my interviews, they get me thinking much deeper […]
Should Employers allow their staff to take dogs (or other animals) to work? In this weeks video blog, Donna let’s you in on her deepest fears and urges all employers to think about how you keep your staff happy at work. Achieving a balance between the conflicting desires of staff is difficult at the best […]
I am absolutely useless at guessing a persons age. Whether they are a child, a young adult, a mature adult or an octogenarian, I am just one of those people who can’t tell how old a person is. I was once told that we needed to organise a gift for a fellow member of an […]
