Personnel Today lists the top ten employment cases of 2015 - we're delighted for our friend Karen Jackson at didlaw that one of her key cases of the year is within that hallowed list. Karen is a specialist employment lawyer focussing on disability, illness, and...

CIPD Labour Market Outlook and Employee Outlook Research shows that approximately 25% of employers use zero hours with approximately 1.3 million workers employed on them. There is good news and bad news but zero hours contracts are certainly not perceived as the...

Commission being included in holiday pay - the issue rumbles on....! The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) have heard the case of British Gas Trading Ltd v Lock and another this week. This is following a recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that concluded that...

Have a look at the new Generation Z article vivoHR have created for Champions of Small Business http://www.championsofsmallbusiness.co.uk/magazine/2015/12/generation-z-just-what-do-they-want/

Apprenticeship Levy for large companies - part of the autumn statement and spending review. Firms with a wage bill over £3million will be expected to commit 0.5% of that to employing apprentices. This sounds great with all good intentions for job creation...

Well we knew she was damn clever but it appears our champion Sam is a "Thought Leader"! We're thrilled to be working with the team at Business Scene as they launch Champions of Small Business - official launch this week on 3 & 4 December at the Business Show at...

Our very own Sam Swinstead has had her first article for Champions of Small Business published on their website http://www.championsofsmallbusiness.co.uk/magazine/2015/12/are-you-a-learning-organisation/

Distractions at work can be a good thing after all...! We hear much talk about how many distractions and interruptions there are to our concentration at work. Emails pinging, phones ringing, colleagues talking, social media luring us away from the task in...

Today is National Stress Awareness Day...so how stressed are you? Take a look at the International Stress Management Association website and complete their Stress Questionnaire. If your stress levels are high pay heed to the warning signs - take a look at the...

How Fair Is Britain? The Commission for Equality & Human Rights (CEHR) have just published their 2015 progress report on equality in Britain. The report focusses on data in key areas: 1. Education & learning... 2. Work income & the economy 3. Health &...

Yes we know, yet another "awareness day" - we might ask what difference will just one day make and the answer is not a lot if that is it - "just the one day" - but it's a start point & might lead to some useful conversations and maybe some action in some...

Working grandparents will possibly soon be able to request Shared Parental Leave. The Conservative Government plans to open consultation in early 2016 with a view to implementing new policy by 2018. This would allow working grandparents to request time off to care for...

Mind your data! How do you manage data security in your business? Do all your staff know the correct data security protocols and procedures? Do you even have data security protocols?! Whilst Garner predict an overall increase in spend on IT security, research from...

Yesterday October 1st saw the first day of the new law making it illegal to smoke in private vehicles when carrying anyone under the age of 18 years old. This includes privately owned vehicles that are used for work purposes when carrying an under 18 passenger. The...

Trust employees to work flexibly and productivity will blossom says the Head of HR at Cisco UK&Ireland... This is our fundamental belief at vivoHR - treat your employees like grown ups, expect them to behave like adults, allow them to manage their workloads and...

The Rugby World Cup starts tomorrow with the final being held at Twickenham on 31st October and ACAS have produced as in the past for other events some guidelines on how to manage the impact it may cause to your business. Most matches are at the weekend and evening...

Accenture have decided that for their 330,000 members of staff they will be, opting instead for more regular less formal contact and dialogue throughout the year. This approach helps keep on top of set goals and objectives rather than waiting for a whole 12 months to...

Half of early conciliation cases result in avoiding an employment tribunal according to figures produced by ACAS. Since early conciliation was launched last year, ACAS has dealt with 83,000 cases with three-quarters of these going through the early conciliation...

A change to Sunday Trading laws? George Osborne has announced that there will be a consultation on changing Sunday Trading Laws to allow local authorities & mayors to define their own Sunday trading hours. There are concerns being voiced about the exploitation of...

From today 1 July 2015 employees will only be able to backdate claims for unlawful deductions from wages for a maximum of two years. This change came about due to fears that a high number of claims may be made for backdated holiday pay trailing back for a number of...

Employees waste up to 3 hours a day! The Telegraph reports results of a survey that asked 2000 people about their working day. Apparently only half of the group believe they work productively for 6 or more hours a day whilst 10% admitted to doing less than half an...

One of our clients is delighted to have recently been awarded the Investors In People Bronze in recognition of their positive approach towards employing great staff - unsurprisingly they are a fantastic client to work with! Well done Liaise! http://www.liaise.co.uk/

A survey reported in the PA Magazine this month reports that people are not taking a break during their working day and this may be having a negative impact on their productivity as well as their health. Of those surveyed: • 23% ate their lunch at their desks or work...

More potential costs for some employers if you have commuters.... To date if you have a mobile work force, it is accepted practice that their working time, and therefore their paid working hours, don't begin until they arrive at the first job of the day and end when...

Dress Codes - ROAR! Crop tops banned at work - is this really news? Was it really worthy of a survey to find out?! XpertHR tell us that a survey found that shorts and crop tops are most likely to be banned in company dress codes....should have talked to us - we might...

Get Up Out Of Your Chair! Research by the British Journal of Sports Medicine is recommending that sedentary workers need to get up and move around for at least two hours every working day. Apparently we spend up to 75% of our working day just sitting still and this is...

Queen's Speech - what's in store for employers? Last week saw the Queen's speech following the election of the new Conservative Government. So what does this hold in store for business owners and employers in UK? In brief, employers will be most interested in the...