by Sam Swinstead | Oct 10, 2013 | General News
It’s World Mental Health Day today – every year on 10th October there is a national focus on the mental well being of people. Of course, there is a need for this to be a focus all year round but this day aims to bring mental health to everyone’s...
by Sam Swinstead | Sep 25, 2013 | General News
So what are the most common reasons for disciplinary proceedings in the workplace? Research by Expert HR has the answers. Unsurprisingly (to us at least) the most common reasons for a disciplinary hearing were matters of “general misconduct” and poor...
by Sam Swinstead | Sep 23, 2013 | General News
Changes to the TUPE Regulations (Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment) were due to come into force October 2013. It looks likely that the earliest we’ll now see these is the start of 2014. It seems that the proposed removal of service provision...
by Sam Swinstead | Sep 16, 2013 | General News
We’ve been so busy providing fantastic HR Services to our clients that our second birthday passed us by in a blur! We were two years old on Saturday 14th September – wow that time has flown by fast! Emma & I raised a glass to ourselves sitting at our...
by Sam Swinstead | Sep 13, 2013 | General News
Should overtime be included when calculating holiday pay? It looks like a very real possibility that this will be required if this ruling is anything to go by. More financially worrying perhaps is the fact that employees may be able to backdate claims to 1998. If your...
by Sam Swinstead | Aug 21, 2013 | General News
If you want to introduce a vehicle tracking system at work, you need to proceed with care and attention. Do it wrong, and you will alienate your staff and cause a significant drop in employee engagement, which you will want to avoid at all times. Employee Engagement...