vivoHR & Training Blog
Self Isolation For Covid-19
There still seems to be a bit of confusion about the self isolation requirements and it did seem yesterday as if members of any household with symptoms would all need to self isolate (not be able to come to work and be eligible for SSP) for 14 days…but there was still...
National Minimum Wage 2020 & Other Statutory Rate Increases
National Minimum Wage 2020 rates will increase on 1 April 2020. Apprentice rates increase from £3.90 to £4.15Under 18’s rates increase from £4.35 to £4.5518-20 year olds rates increase from £6.15 to £6.4521-25 year olds rates increase from £7.70 to £8.20 Along with...
Your Mental Wellbeing during the Coronavirus
Everyone’s talking about physical wellbeing and practicalities around Coronavirus/Covid-19 at the moment but what about our mental wellbeing? When faced with uncertainty it’s only natural for it to take a toll on our mental wellbeing, there are few things it’s worth...
Protecting your business from Coronavirus
We don’t want to jump on the Coronavirus scaremonger bandwagon & we appreciate that the infection figures are still low in the UK but we do think that is worth spending some time planning what you will do if the coronavirus becomes more widespread in the UK or if...
The Good Work Plan April 2020 Employment Legislation Changes
Cast your minds back to December 2018 and you may remember the government publishing the Good Work Plan in response to the Taylor review.The plan set out many recommendations for changes for fairer and more decent employment practices for all workers.April 2020...
Dress for work or dress for your day?
7 February has been given the weird holiday of Working Naked Day. It was created by Lisa Kanarek after she left the corporate world to work from home, this was over 20 years ago when working from home wasn’t as common as it is today. The day is a celebration of the...
Pets at work
Do you allow your employees to have pets at work? We have 2 office dogs, they are so much a part of vivoHR that they were part of our last job advert! We had to make sure that whoever ended up being our colleague was happy to be greeted by 2 excited fur-buddies each...
Generation Z have arrived, time for Millennials to move over!
By the end of 2020 Generation Z will make up almost a quarter of the worldwide work force and if you thought that the Gen Y Millennials were rocking the boat you aint seen nothing yet! Gen Z are digital natives, they don’t know a world without smartphones and social...
Bullying in the workplace
We are firm believers that everyone deserves to work in an environment where they are respected and treated with dignity. Research shows to the contrary though with 60% of people saying they have either witnessed or experienced bullying in the workplace. Bullying in...