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Employee vs Worker
As a result of some big legal cases last year, the status of workers is coming under the spotlight like never before. This will be a big area for change in 2017 as the Governement are focussing on understand and protecting Gig Workers.
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Employee Handbook
As a business grows, there is an increasing need for clarity. The Employee Handbook remains the ‘go to’ reference for employers, managers and employees.
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Contracts of Employment
This is a massive one for me and one that I spend most of my professional career talking about!!!
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Feedback
Providing feedback isn’t just for the candidate’s benefit – it can help you and your business as well. The important thing is to provide the feedback in a positive way that doesn’t expose your business to any risks.
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Discrimination
This is one you need to understand to ensure you protect your business! Boring – Yes! Essential – Yes! Expensive if you get it wrong – Yes!
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Bah ……….. Humbug
Almost every employer I meet wants to be a ‘good’ employer. In this day and age, there are very few Scrooges around, but at Xmas time there is a balance to be had between the needs of the business and the needs and wants of the employees. Getting this balance right is not written in…
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Special Needs
People don’t need to be employees to take an employment tribunal claim against you (although they usually are, or have been). Job applicants who feel they have missed out on a job due to discrimination can also lodge an employment tribunal claim and therefore taking any special needs into consideration at the recruitment and interview…
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Silence
They say Silence is Golden and this can certainly be the case during an interview process. This is a classic case of the 80:20 rule. The candidate should be doing 80% of the talking – at least during the first part of the interview (when it comes onto them asking you about the company, role…
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Behavioural Evidence
Want to know how well someone will cope under pressure or in an emergency? Don’t ask “what would you do?” Ask “What have you done?” People learn from their mistakes, so look for what role they actually played in a situation and understand what they learnt from it. The past is for reference, not for…
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Questioning
When you are carrying out an interview with a potential new employee, you need to make sure you ask the right questions. The right questions are ones which will enable you to get responses on which you can take a recruitment decision: Can they do the job? Will they fit in with the team? Can…