Baby It’s Cold Outside

Brrrr it is chilly out there! It is that time of year when we begin to think how bad weather might affect our business. Maybe you put plans in place for transporting goods and supplies, you make sure the computers get backed up regularly, you had the heating serviced...

Avoid the New Year Blues

January 10th was the day that the most job seekers started hunting for their next career move in 2012. In 2013 it is predicted that the busiest day for job seekers will be January 8th – the first “normal” Tuesday of the new year. On the list of new year’s resolutions...

Managing holiday requests

As we approach the end of the year do you have staff in a desperate mad dash to use up annual leave? Have you had to insist people use up holiday or have you ended up allowing a large number of employees to carry holiday over to next year? Do you worry that you...

Managing Genuine Sickness Absence

Yesterday we discussed the issue of dealing with non-genuine sickness absence but how do you manage actual sickness absence as a business? All of the same principles of recording and monitoring are useful to help you understand the sickness levels in your business....