by Nick Shrimpton | Jan 3, 2019 | Seasonal & Celebrations
New year, fresh start and an opportunity to look forward to the future with your HR all in order, legally compliant and working for you. Sam Swinstead urges all business owners to make New Year’s Resolutions when it comes to employing staff. Here are a few helpful...
by Nick Shrimpton | Dec 19, 2018 | Seasonal & Celebrations
In 2019 it is predicted that the busiest day for job seekers will be January 8th – the first “normal” Tuesday of the new year. On the list of New Year’s resolutions for many is “get a new job” it would seem. Now there may be some employees that you think this is the...
by Nick Shrimpton | Dec 17, 2018 | Seasonal & Celebrations
Gifts at cHRistmas – How to spot a Bribe The Bribery Act has been in force for some time now. Still a lot of confusion exists about what is and isn’t acceptable when it comes to corporate gifts. The intention of the Act is to prevent Bribery from occurring in...
by Nick Shrimpton | Dec 14, 2018 | Seasonal & Celebrations
The end of the year is approaching. Do any of these questions resonate? Do you have staff in a desperate mad rush to use up their annual leave? Have you had to insist people use up holiday? Have you ended up allowing a large number of employees to carry holiday over...
by Nick Shrimpton | Dec 11, 2018 | Seasonal & Celebrations
Managing unauthorised absence – the morning after the night before So how was the Christmas Party? Everyone turn up for work the next day? We’d guess most did show up – maybe late with sore heads, sorry faces, a distinct lack of work being done! But hey, once a year...
by Nick Shrimpton | Dec 5, 2018 | Seasonal & Celebrations
It’s Our Party and We’ll Cry If We Want To! So we reckon this weekend, it’s officially the start of Christmas Party Season! Will you be treating your employees to a night out, a Christmas lunch, or will there be mulled wine & mince pies in the boardroom?...