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Stress Awareness

Stress Awareness

Stress awareness month has been held in April since 1992 raising awareness of what causes and what cures there are for our increasing modern day stress epidemic Stress is something that everyone feels at times, especially when dealing with change or life challenges...

Religion in the Workplace

Religion in the Workplace

Religion and Belief discrimination is illegal in the UK. Religion is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2021. Employees in the workplace can belong to various religions and have various beliefs. Employers have a duty to support employees regardless of...

Ways to become a better leader

Ways to become a better leader

As a leader, your most important role is to provide clear direction to your employees. A leader must ensure that their team members understand what their individual goal and the team goal is and how to work towards achieving them. To develop yourself to become a...

Unlawful Deduction of Wages

Unlawful Deduction of Wages

An unlawful deduction of wages occurs when an employee has either been unpaid or has been underpaid their wages by their employer for some reason. There must have been an actual deduction of wages, not just a threat or proposal to deduct money, for it to be classed as...

Jury Service – What Employers Should Know…

Jury Service – What Employers Should Know…

What is Jury Service? Jury Service is a public duty within the UK, where individuals can be called to serve on active UK court cases such as assault, fraud and murder. As it’s a public duty, fines can be issued against individuals who do not turn up for jury service....

Benefits of Coaching in the Workplace

Benefits of Coaching in the Workplace

Why is coaching becoming so popular and sought-after Personal development and coaching are becoming hugely popular in the workplace as the millennial generation seek the fastest way to become successful and improve their earning potential at work.  Many workers are...

Change Management

Change Management

Change management is a structured approach for ensuring that changes are thoroughly and smoothly implemented, and that the lasting benefits of change are achieved.  It requires businesses to define and adopt strategies, structures, procedures, and technologies to cope...

Top 13 HR Policies for Small Businesses

Top 13 HR Policies for Small Businesses

With so many HR and employment policies recommended to businesses, it can be difficult to know which are the most essential. Keep reading to learn the top 13 HR policies a company should have to stay compliant with employment contracts and UK employment law. What are...

Creating an Effective CV

Creating an Effective CV

In the ever-changing working landscape, it is more important than ever to have a strong CV (Curriculum Vitae), highlighting your skills and experience to maximum effect. With the average time you have to grab an employer’s attention down to around seven seconds, you...

The Power of the Employer Brand

The Power of the Employer Brand

Whether it something you realise or not, all companies have an employer brand – it’s essentially the company’s reputation and what people think of you as an employer. The CIPD define employer brand as; ‘a set of attributes and qualities, often intangible, that makes...

Probationary Periods – What You Need To Know.

Probationary Periods – What You Need To Know.

What is a probationary period? A probationary period is a contractual period of time at the start of an employment contract between a new employee and an organisation.  During the probationary period the employee can be exempt from some contractual rights, e.g....

Apprenticeships “Grow Your Own Staff”

Apprenticeships “Grow Your Own Staff”

Apprenticeships “Grow your own staff” Recent employment figures show that the market for attracting good employees is shrinking as the numbers of unemployed people diminish and the rate of employed people rises. The young are a group of people that often struggle to...

Top Tips to Avoid Employment Tribunal

Top Tips to Avoid Employment Tribunal

With fees no longer in place and employment tribunal claims on the rise, we are here to give you some top tips on how to avoid costly tribunal cases. Documentation Ensure you get back to basics and have clear policies and procedures so both the business and employees...

World Health Day

World Health Day

Since 1950 the 7th April has been known as ‘World Health Day’ to help raise awareness and ensure that everyone globally has access to quality health services. The World Health Organization (WHO) choose a worthy health theme for their campaign annually to highlight...

Managing Stress in the Workplace

Managing Stress in the Workplace

Stress is a state of mental health which affects all of us at some point during our lives, and specifically, our working life. It is our body’s way of responding to pressure from the occurrences in our lives. When the human body feels stress, it goes into fight or...

Keeping Your Employees On Side

Keeping Your Employees On Side

  Avoid having to red card your employees for unreasonable behaviour or demands during the World Cup period. If you want to hear about our previous experience of  helping manage employees around such sporting events get in touch. World Cup fever will take over...

8 tips for managing absence in the workplace

8 tips for managing absence in the workplace

What is absence management and why it's important? Absence management is when employers have processes and policies in place to help deal with employee absences and to keep levels to a minimum. It is important for employers to have good absence management processes in...