by Rachel Goodman | Dec 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
People are apparently more happy at work than they were six months ago! Great headline…but that doesn’t tell us the whole story…. According to the CIPD Employee Outlook for Autumn 2016, reported employee satisfaction has increased. However it’s...
by Rachel Goodman | Nov 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
National Living Wage (for over 25s) will rise to £7.50 per hour from April 2017. No great surprise to see an increase in this in the Autumn Statement if the Government intend to fulfill their promise of reaching £9 an hour by 2020. Other employment matters coming into...
by Rachel Goodman | Nov 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Employee or not? A couple of weeks ago UBER made the headlines, as two drivers won their claim that they were in fact workers (note that they were not found to be employees as reported in some media – there is a difference – call us if you want an...
by Rachel Goodman | Nov 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
The firm that starts work at 9:06am! This was an interesting article on the BBC this week. Apparently at US firm Pivotal Software, a gong is rung at precisely 9:06, at which time everyone must be ready to start work and the day starts then with a brief stand-up...
by Rachel Goodman | Nov 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
vivoHR has had a brand refresh and we’re delighted to share our new look with you! Our newly designed website which now better reflects the work we do at vivoHR as well as sporting a beautiful new colour palette!...
by Rachel Goodman | Oct 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Nearly half of all companies say they have seen an increase in sickness absence in the last year according to latest CIPD research figures. Short term sickness absences are due to a wide variety of reasons with minor illnesses such as coughs and colds making up the...
