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Can you turn back time?
MP rescinds her resignation Scouring the BBC website looking for interesting HR stories and blog inspiration, I came across the news that Sarah Champion MP had rescinded her resignation from the front bench and asked Jeremy Corbyn for her job back. It appears that he has agreed and that she may be the first of
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Are you a bad boss if you don’t let your staff watch the football?
Today’s blog has been inspired by my brief interview yesterday afternoon on BBC Three Counties Radio. I thought I was going to get bumped as the devastating news that MP Jo Cox had died after being stabbed and shot was coming through, but the Producer decided she wanted to finish on a more positive note
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Ramadan and its potential impact on your staff, your business and you
Monday 6th June is the start of Ramadan this year and it reminds me of a training session which I led 20+ years ago. It was the middle of summer and about 25 degrees out. Where almost all the delegates had bottles of water in front of them, one of the employees sat in the
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The Employment Legislation Outlook
Below is a summary of planned employment legislation changes. There are a couple of things to note: There was no statutory increase in rates in April of this year, except for Redundancy which increased by £4 per week There may be an alignment of the National Minimum Wage Increases and the National Living Wage increases
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High Heels and a Noose Around the Neck
What makes my line of work fascinating …. People! What drives me to destruction …. People! There is an old saying ….. “there’s none so queer as folk” and in my line of work I never cease to be amazed by what I see, what I hear and how far people (both employers and employees)
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Auto Enrolment is coming….. ready or not
I know I am going on about it constantly, but I have been going on about it constantly for a number of years now and yet…. and yet I still find that our clients: do not want Auto Enrolment do not want to pay the ridiculous set up fees which many providers are charging and
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All Change
Redundancy Pay No one likes making staff redundant, but sometimes needs must and when the time comes there is a formal legal process which all employers must follow otherwise the dismissal is automatically unfair. A series of letters must be sent and meetings must be held, even when it is just one employee being made
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Could you win an employment tribunal case if you needed to?
Most of our clients are terrified of the thought of ending up in an employment tribunal, not because they have done anything wrong, but because of the hassle, aggravation, time and money it takes to defend the case. Although the UK government have brought in charges in the hope that this would reduce the number
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Zero Hours Contracts – do they have a role to play in your business?
Since May 2015, employers have not been ‘allowed’ to include exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts of employment. However at the time, there was no penalty against them if they did so or if they disciplined an employee or treated them less favourably for working elsewhere or asking for permission to work elsewhere. Finally, some
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Who looks forward to going back to work after the Christmas break?
On 5th January 2016 the topic on BBC Radio 3 Counties Drive with Rob show was ‘people moaning on Facebook about going back to work after Christmas, should these complaints be taken seriously by employers, or should they turn a blind eye?’ and, as Hertfordshire’s tip top HR specialist (Rob’s words not ours), I was asked