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Annual Leave Over The Festive Season
Donna was recently asked to comment on Viking’s survey about annual leave over Christmas. See a snippet of what she had to say by clicking here Her full article can be seen below: Planning annual leave for the festive season will vary depending on the sector in which the business operates. Retailers are unlikely to allow
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Has your workplace gone to the dogs?
We’ve all seen or heard of those workplaces that offer extra perks for their employees. And for pet owners, there is one perk that they value very highly: the ability to take their pet to work with them. In fact, digital online marketing agency The Bio Agency conducted a survey of 3,000 office workers. Of
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Corporate Excellence Award 2015: Best for Support Services
Following their triumphant win as ‘HR Consultancy of the Year’ last year, DOHR has now won a further two awards to add to their collection. The first is the Corporate Excellence Award for ‘Best for Support Services’. This is awarded by Corporate Vision who state: ”When it comes to the business world, true excellence takes
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A Medical Certificate Instead of a Tie!
I had to dish out some fairly unexpected advice this week that I thought I’d share, it had all of us laughing and debating a rather interesting point. I have a very successful client who owns an Estate Agent and as most of his staff are client-facing, the dress-code in his workplace is ‘business smart’.
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More ……. You want More?
Discussing a pay rise can make for a pretty tricky conversation, whether you’re the one doing the asking or you’re the one being asked. In fact, recent research shows that British people actually dread it more than any other conversation, including breaking up with a partner! Well, that’s what this article
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David Cameron and the 19.1% hot potato
It just seems like it’s one HR hot potato after another right now! On Tuesday, David Cameron announced plans to bring forward a rule that will mean that companies with more than 250 staff will have to disclose the pay gap between their male and female employees. As things currently stand, for full and part-time
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What’s the difference between them?
The general election is approaching and no doubt you’ve all decided which way you are going to vote, but if you haven’t and are inclined to vote dependant on key employment aspects (some of you may be sad enough to do so!) then see below in respect of the three main political parties: Pay
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Food for thought…..
As an HR practice, we never know what questions and problems our clients are going to call us with, but some this week have been entertaining, thought provoking and quite interesting to answer. I promise, these are genuine……. Our employees complained about the date of our Xmas party, so we changed it and in doing