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Employee Retention – How to Build a Workplace that Retains Talent
In any business employee retention is crucial. Some staff turnover is expected – people retire, move away, personal circumstances change, or they may be looking to progress into a role that you just don’t have available. That’s okay! Turnover can even be helpful when...
Employment Rights Bill 2024
Why read all 158 pages of the Employment Rights Bill 2024 when we've done it for you? Very superficially it has to be confessed & for now skipping over much of the very lengthy sections about trade unions, public sector rights and the new labour market enforcement...
How to Spot and Address a Toxic Workplace Culture – and Prevent it Polluting your Workplace
Toxic workplace cultures have been experienced by 75% of UK employees a recent study has found. That’s a disappointingly high number of people who have struggled at work. So how do we change it? In this blog, we’ll explore how to identify the warning signs of a toxic...
A Practical Guide to Performance Management and Performance Goals for UK Employers
This blog is all about delivering quality performance management. We cover: what performance management is why good performance management is important setting performance goals how to address poor performance What is Performance Management and Why is it Important?...
How to Address Workplace Bullying and Harassment
Workplace bullying or harassment is extremely serious and needs to be treated so by employers, who have a duty of care to provide a safe and stress-free workplace. No one wants their staff to be treated badly at work. So how do you stop this happening? Let’s start...
Induction and onboarding
A good induction and onboarding process will be key to integrating new starters with your business and setting them up to succeed. The aim of both is to lay the foundation of a strong relationship between the employee and the organisation, but the two things do serve...
Navigating Recruitment and Background Checks
Recruitment and background checks go hand in hand for many employers although background checks can be conducted at any time if necessary. Background checks are used to confirm someone’s validity, honesty and ability to do the job. Different industries, businesses and...
Why Inclusion is the Key to Happy Employees and a Thriving Business
The words inclusion and inclusivity are used a lot in relation to the workplace, and often seem to be rather interchangeable, or linked with other words such as diversity and equality. Let’s break down what these words really mean and why inclusion – or inclusivity –...
Empowering Neurodiverse Teams
You have probably heard the terms neurodiversity and neurodiverse being used more frequently over recent years. But do you really know what they mean and why understanding them is important for your business? In this blog we run through the basics of understanding...