FAQs

One in four women and one in six men will experience Domestic Violence at least once in their lifetime. It will probably have an impact on their mental health due to depression, sleep deprivation, inability to concentrate, loss of appetite and physical pain. There can be changes in the employee’s behaviour, increased lateness or absenteeism, […]Read More… (Read more)

The benefits of recruiting from an untapped talent pool, particularly individuals with disabilities, cannot be overstated. This demographic remains substantially under-tapped despite a significant proportion of people in work having disabilities, visible or not. Today, the working-age population with disabilities accounts for 22%, a figure that has increased from 2020. Consider this narrative: at 17, […]Read More… (Read more)

The cost-of-living crisis is a topic we’re all aware of. It has dominated the media and the impacts are being felt in the every day life of many people. As a business owner have you thought about how this may be negatively impacting the financial well-being of your team and therefore your business? Evidence from […]Read More… (Read more)

Since 2018, I have been helping to deliver Sexual Harassment Prevention training as part of a wider project to create healthy, safe and respectful working environments within local charities. We have known for most of this time that a change is coming, but we finally know the details of those changes. The biggest change is […]Read More… (Read more)

Workplace surveillance is any form of employee monitoring undertaken by an employer. Although surveillance methods have existed and have been used for several years, during lockdown they have become more and more common. Questions arise regarding what is legal, what is ethical and what is effective people management practice? Monitoring as an effective people management […]Read More… (Read more)

The Government and King Charles III have announced that Monday 19th September will be a public holiday. The Queen’s funeral service will commence at 11am. While there is no obligation on employers to give staff, the day off work, the Government are encouraging employers to do so, where possible and practical. The holiday that your […]Read More… (Read more)

As Brits we are used to the occasional snow day, when children are sent home from school and train lines are suspended due to ‘the wrong kind of snow’. But what we are not so used is the scorching heat and soaring temperatures being recorded this summer. There are minimum working temperatures in the UK […]Read More… (Read more)

The ‘working world’ post COVID-19 pandemic does not quite look the same as it did two years ago and although the rigour and pressures of working life have returned in full force for many, the impact of the pandemic looks like it will persist for the foreseeable future, particularly in the form of our working […]Read More… (Read more)

What is Blue Monday? Blue Monday is a term created by Sky Travel in 2005 to help them sell more holidays‼! Typically the 3rd Monday in January is now referred to as Blue Monday as it is cold, dark and the credit card bills from Christmas have all arrived. People are told that they should […]Read More… (Read more)

Can you bring a dog to work? This is a topic which I am being asked to talk about a lot recently. I was quoted in the i-paper and now I’ve been interviewed for Radio 4’s You and Yours programme. Although this is a topic I have been talking about for years, usually on ‘International […]Read More… (Read more)

In a business which wants to thrive, all your staff need to be pulling in the same direction. Most people assume that performance management is something which happens to an employee when they are failing to ‘perform’ at the required level. However, when performance is properly and pro-actively managed, there are a number of elements […]Read More… (Read more)

As a manager, there is a fine line between being concerned and becoming too involved; between parenting and managing. All employers have a duty of care to ensure the physical and psychological wellbeing of their staff at work. However, with work now extending to the home environment for many employees, the line between work and […]Read More… (Read more)

There are lots of reasons why an employee may want to have a confidential conversation with someone, and HR can be a great starting place. In some cases, HR will be part of an internal department or an individual in the business with responsibility for HR. In other cases, it may be an outsourced HR […]Read More… (Read more)