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How does the budget affect my business?
How do the budget and the Employment Rights Bill impact my business? The budget, together with the recent announcements regarding the Employment Rights Bill are causing significant concern for employers in small businesses. Over the past few years, the cost of doing business generally has been increasing due to Covid, Brexit, the War in Ukraine…
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Love is in the air…. or is it?
February. Valentine’s Day. The season of love ….. BUT, and it is a big BUT has #metoo killed the office romance? In October of last year, legislation was debated and confirmed which will put an obligation on employers to PREVENT sexual harassment in the workplace. No longer is it enough to carry out a proper…
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Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace Post Pandemic
It is a reality for the majority of people around the world, that work is a necessary part of our lives. It is also known that everything that we experience sleeping and waking, working or watching TV, has an effect on our psyche. The information is absorbed and either filed away for later consideration or…
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The Lowdown on Part-Time Employment
Anyone who works in your business for less hours than your full time employees is considered part time. No specific hours define it, and employees can either be permanent or temporary.
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PeopleTalk
Available to Read Online PeopleTalk is our Client newsletter. Produced quarterly and sent to our clients, it is a 12 page colour publication which is packed full of useful HR content. For the first time (in a very very long time), we are giving you the chance to grab yourself a copy, but you need…
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Late to Work?
Does age or gender determine what time employees arrive at work? I was invited on air on Tuesday morning to discuss lateness at work with Jonathan Vernon Smith (JVS) of BBC Three Counties Radio. You can listen to the interview here. His topics of discussion are always prompted by reports or items in the news…
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Recruitment is no longer about finding the perfect employee
Record levels of employment, the uncertainty of Brexit and the need for new skills for a modern workplace have led to a significant increase in competition for the best talent in what is now an employee-led recruitment market. Organisations are having to work harder and harder to attract the right people. That is not necessarily…
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Recruitment Advertising
Two things have happened this week which have made me think about the wording of recruitment adverts: 1) A contact of mine advertised for a young, dynamic person – thus opening themselves up to an age discrimination claim, as an older person may arguably be more dynamic than a young person. 2) The Army has…
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Engaging Millennials
According to the HR trade magazine HRD Connect, the issue of millennials in the workforce has yet again managed to make headlines. It appears there is a disconnect between the general workforce and millennials; constantly leaving many wondering how to ensure that this new generation are fully engaged within a workplace. According to a survey…
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World Mental Health Day 2018
One in four people are affected by mental health in UK each year and 1 in 6 people report experiencing either anxiety or depression. This can have a detrimental impact on employees and running of a business, so it is important to be able to recognise poor mental health in a workplace. According to The…