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Why Corporate Jargon And Nonsense Stops Businesses Taking HR Seriously
(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…
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Elder Care and the Impact on Business
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”,…
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I’ve got the brains, you’ve got the looks …….Let’s make lots of money
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…
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Barking Mad?
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…
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Too old for work?
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…
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Should the law be telling business owners what to do?
On losing a case at the High Court in February, Charlie Mullins of Pimlico Plumbers used a phrase which completely sums up the modern work place: “He wanted to have his cake AND eat it”! He used the term after one of his ‘staff’ won a case for worker rights and was therefore able to…
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UK Employment Law is no longer fit for purpose!!!
I’ve been in Human Resources (HR) for over 20 years. When I was first introduced to the discipline, it was known as Personnel and today when I am speaking with clients, I refer to it as ‘managing employees’ or ‘staff management’. Why give a fancy name to what business owners just need to be able…
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Donna Talks HR with Nigel Botterill of The Entrepreneur’s Circle
As an Entrepreneur’s Circle Trusted supplier, DOHR Managing Director, Donna Obstfeld joined Nigel Botterill of The Entrepreneur’s Circle to talk about the seven stages of an employee’s life cycle.
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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.