by Rachel Goodman | Apr 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the first case of its type the answer was yes. The Employment Tribunal has ruled it was fair to dismiss an employee who refused to wear a face covering at work. Over the course of the last 12 months, workplaces have introduced many new safety measures to ensure...
by Rachel Goodman | Mar 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
You may have already heard about the Government Kickstart Scheme which has been created by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). It is a scheme which provides funding to employers to create job placements. When it was first set up you needed a minimum of 30 job...
by Rachel Goodman | Feb 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
New Immigration Rules In our new post-Brexit world UK employers need to think differently immigration and about how they recruit and employ EU citizens (not including Irish citizens) as free movement between the UK and EU has ended The points-based immigration system...
by Rachel Goodman | Jan 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
One thing the events of 2020 have shown us is that the answer to ‘do small businesses really need HR support?’ is ‘Yes, they absolutely do!’ Probably not in house and not full time but definitely a presence, maybe in the shape of, hmmmm, I don’t know, someone like us,...
by Rachel Goodman | Jan 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
One of the most precious things to an employee (after job security and satisfaction of course) is holiday, it can also be one of the most headache inducing elements of employing people especially when you have part-time employees! Are you working out your part...
by Rachel Goodman | Jan 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
So here we are again then huh?! Lockdown 3.0 we see it is being called, so here is your Lockdown 3.0 Employers Update (as of today anyway). We notice that the legislation being voted upon runs to 31 March with Boris reported as stating that this is “not because...
