Human Resources
1st May 2015 Do you have to manage diabetes as a disability?
Diabetes, medically classified as a disease, affects around 3.5 million people in the UK. Often referred to as a ‘condition’ as it can be managed but not cured. As an …
23rd April 2015 The 2015 General Election – The Possible Changes For Employment Law
2015 General Election In this blog post, we will take a brief look at the 2015 general election manifestos of the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats & UKIP, in respect of …
19th April 2015 How To Conduct a Performance Appraisal
You’ve invested your time, your money, and all your energy into building your company. But no company can function for very long without a team of productive employees supporting it. …
2nd April 2015 New Compensation Limits – Effective April 2015
New Compensation Limits 2015 The Government has published details of the new compensation limits – annual increases to statutory redundancy pay and the amount of compensation that employment tribunals can …
19th March 2015 How to have an effective performance conversation
You’ve got an employee who isn’t contributing their fair share. You know you need to address it. The rest of the team can tell this employee is a poor performer. …
5th March 2015 Is an employee’s email complaint a grievance?
Staff grievance An employee has sent you an e-mail, as their line manager, in which they have listed a number of issues they are “unhappy about” but it’s difficult to …
5th March 2015 Useful info on the Government’s Fit For Work service
The Fit for Work service, previously known as the Health and Work Service, was launched at the end of 2014 and has been welcomed by the private sector. It is …
5th March 2015 What the EAT thinks about Twitter
The explosion of social media has resulted in numerous examples where someone posts something on social media and then immediately regrets, it but can do little to delete it as …
19th February 2015 Getting Employees to Add Value to Your Business ASAP…
Getting Employees to Add Value The successful Induction of a new employee is of vital importance. It is your opportunity to positively influence the new employee from day one, by …
5th February 2015 What employers need to know about Shared Parental leave changes from April 2015
Shared Parental Leave will enable eligible mothers, fathers, partners and adopters to choose how to share time off work after their child is born or placed for adoption. This could …
19th January 2015 How To Recruit The Right Person For Your Business
There are a number of things to remember as getting it wrong can be expensive both in terms of management time and cost but don’t worry there is help on …
5th January 2015 What you need to know about deductions on payslips
Did you know that the Employment Rights Act 1996 (commonly referred to as ERA) states that an employee must receive an itemised payslip (statement of pay) on, or before, the …
4th January 2015 Welcome to 2015 – Now What Does This Mean For Your Business?
This year will see us have a general election in the UK and so we should expect to see an avalanche of news, argument and raised voices over the issue …
11th December 2014 What Holiday Pay and Overtime Rulings Means For Employers
New employers will have missed the publicity surrounding November’s Holiday Pay and Overtime Rulings by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). It was the latest instalment in a line of cases …
5th December 2014 Chancellor’s Autumn Statement – What Does It Mean For Employers?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer pulled out a few surprises in his Autumn Statement however we thought that it would be useful to outline what some of this means for …
4th November 2014 So why do you need help with HR ?
If you own a business then the chances are you will have heard of human resources. If you were working for another company then it is likely to be the …
