Significant changes to UK employment rules that will impact EVERY employer are now law. All businesses will need to make changes to stay compliant and minimise risks. Learn more HERE
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Do you know if you need to pay an intern or a student on work experience? There is useful guidance on the Gov website to help you decide. https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-work-experience-and-internships The simple answer is that in most situations yes you...
Flexible Working is now the norm according to an ILM research paper that shows 94% of employers offer it in some form. https://www.i-l-m.com/ Interesting to note the gender balance, in that men are as likely nowadays to take advantage of flexible working options; once...
Are you ready for the snow? By which we don't mean have you got your sledge out from the shed & found your woolly gloves?! Is your BUSINESS ready for snow - it is predicted for next week in many regions so have you got a plan in place if people can't get to work...
HR Zone have an interesting blog post today about the business risks in using self employed contractors in a way that could result in either HMRC or an employment tribunal deciding that they are in fact employees....
It is Living Wage week this week. What's that you ask? Another initiative from people who have no clue about the real world might be my first answer! From this year onwards a figure will be published in November which gives the recommended minimum hourly rate that...
We find ourselves unable to get very worked up about George Osborne's latest and greatest annoucement - one that seems to have come from absolutely nowhere with no consultation as far as we can tell. Apparently, by April 2013 a new "owner-employee" contract will...
We have been pondering change and continuing development here at vivoHR. Certainly the last year or two have led many businesses to take stock, make changes and do things differently. What about each of us as individuals though? How do we continue to grow, change,...
From February 2012, the maximum compensatory award made by an Employment Tribunal is £72,300 for a successful unfair dismissal claim whilst awards made in cases of unlawful discrimination can be unlimited For an SME this kind of payout, not to mention the legal fees,...
Well I go to a lot of networking events and I like to offer something a bit different when I'm telling people about the HR side of our business So I've introduced people to my little green pal Marvin the Martian Marvin is a model employee on his planet He works a long...
