by Rachel Goodman | Oct 12, 2023 | Employee Experience, Health & Wellbeing
No business can survive without its employees. Whether you’re a sole trader and the only employee is you, or you run a big corporation with hundreds of employees, they are the lifeblood of your business. They are the people who keep your business running, your...
by Kate Sholto-Douglas | May 17, 2022 | Health & Wellbeing, Leave & Absences
Staff sickness absences were at an all-time low during the pandemic and the ‘work from home if you can’ rules meant that we weren’t going anywhere or seeing anyone to share germs. It’s come as no surprise that now we are all learning to live with...
by Kate Sholto-Douglas | May 11, 2022 | Employee Experience, Health & Wellbeing
It seems that many remote workers are affected by loneliness… This week (9th – 15th May 2022) is Mental Health Awareness Week; an annual event when there is an opportunity for the whole of the UK to focus on achieving good mental health. Each year the Mental Health...
by Rachel Goodman | Dec 21, 2021 | Health & Wellbeing, Legal & Compliance
The SSPRS is a little bit of good news as some Gov help for small businesses is reintroduced as of today – more info here Public_fact_sheet_SSPRS_Dec_2021.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk) and here Covid: Firms able to claim money back to cover sick pay – BBC News...
by Rachel Goodman | Dec 21, 2021 | Health & Wellbeing, Legal & Compliance
On 17 December the rules regarding sickness self-certification were temporarily changed in a bid to ease the pressure on GPs whilst the vaccine booster programme is in warp speed mode. Details can be found here Taking sick leave – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) For...
by Rachel Goodman | Dec 10, 2021 | General, Health & Wellbeing
I’m sure you all saw that the government has announced we are going to ‘Plan B’ in Covid measures in a bid to slow the spread of the new Omicron variant, which includes working from home again, so forgive us if we are repeating stuff you know but we of course wanted...
