by Sam Swinstead | Mar 5, 2013 | General News
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/research-and-comment/11830.aspx Interesting to note the gender balance, in that men are as likely nowadays to take advantage of...
by Sam Swinstead | Mar 1, 2013 | General News
Workplace Groping features in the headlines again – there is interesting article in the BBC about it today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21573043 We’re not convinced a “no touching rule” at work is necessary, useful, practical or even...
by Sam Swinstead | Mar 1, 2013 | General News
With effect from the 8 March 2014, unpaid parental leave increases from 13 to 18 weeks per child. This is meant to be used to enable parents to spend more time with their child, perhaps to settle them into new childcare arrangements or arrange school placements. The...
by Sam Swinstead | Feb 21, 2013 | General News
New & useful guidelines on managing employee requests relating to religion & belief have been published by the EHRC (Equality & Human Rights Commission). It includes good case studies that give practical real world guidance....
by Sam Swinstead | Feb 15, 2013 | General News
How would you feel about a Job Interview by Skype? There was an interesting article today on the BBC about this. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21334710 Many recruiters we work with have successfully been using phone interviews as part of the...
by Sam Swinstead | Feb 8, 2013 | General News
We sent out our latest Employment Update Newsletter yesterday – if you’d like to receive this straight to your inbox please let us know but in the meantime you can access a copy here....
