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Who gets the money?
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today released its provisional results for the 2013 annual survey of Hours and Earnings. When it comes to pay review time, we are often asked what other clients are doing in relation to pay increases, bonuses and commission. We can only look at a small snap shot, but…
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Interesting Interview Techniques
I could cry, but I would be wasting my tears and crying about something over which I have no control. I have just listened to a very articulate 21 year old describing the interview process he was put through by one of my old employers. Now ordinarily, I wouldn’t mind too much, but in this…
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Are they really sick?
I am going to have a moan. I don’t often have a moan, but please excuse this one – it is a complaint I know many employers share. Now I do accept that people get sick. And I do accept there are times when an employee is better out of the office resting than in…
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Feeling The Heat
With temperatures soaring and no sign of an end to these wonderful hot days of summer, employees and employers are both feeling the strain. For absolute clarification …… there is no legal maximum working temperature and to this point, a group of MPs now want to introduce a maximum working temperature of 30 degrees (lowered…
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Daily Commute
Been busy interviewing this week …… some candidates were local while others would have significant daily commutes. This got me thinking, why are employees willing to travel so far to work? Are there fewer jobs available, or are people choosing to live out of London? If they are choosing to live further out, is it…
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Mediocre Managers
Mediocre Managers – how much damage could they do? If a Manager is mediocre, surely that’s better than completely useless? Let’s think about that…… What skills and attributes does a Manager need? Looking at this from four points of view: The Business An Employee The HR Department or Senior Management The Customer Google ‘Manager’ and…
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Work Experience
As a parent, I am keen for my child to get proper work experience within a corporate environment; as an employer I am keen that I hire suitably qualified staff who have real life work experience; but as an employer, can I provide the work experience that today’s youngsters need? Knowing what employers value…
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Do I have to pay staff if they don’t come to work due to the snow?
On days like today, when the snow is falling steadily and settling rapidly, we are often asked about withholding pay for absent staff. Our first response is always “What does your contract say”? As a general rule, if staff are absent from work and it is not for pre arranged holiday, then as an employer,…
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We Do HR – Making the Workplace a Better Place to be
I am on a mission….. Our strapline is “Making the workplace a better place to be” – but what does that mean? Over the years, the management of people within a business has had many different names; the most familiar used today are “personnel” and “Human Resources (HR)”. Whatever you choose to call it, staff…
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Three-quarters of computer users still not sitting pretty
Around 75 per cent of regular computer users still aren’t aware of the principles of good workstation posture, according to research carried out by Clearworld Health & Safety. The consequences of poor posture include neck, back and shoulder pain, as well as joint problems and even increased stress. Having prepared risk assessments for over 10,000…