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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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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.
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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…