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cHRistmas Survival Guide #4 – Managing Holiday Requests.
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...
cHRistmas Survival Guide #3 – So how was the party?
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...
cHRistmas Survival Guide #2 – Party like it’s, err 2018.
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? We’d...
cHRistmas Survival Guide #1 – Let’s Celebrate!
Equality – you are allowed to celebrate Christmas! Welcome to the first of our 2018 seasonal 'cHRistmas' blogs. It's Winter and it's 22 days until Christmas, stoke the fire and snuggle up with our first vivoHR Winter blog! We want to share some good news! Despite...
Recruiting seasonal staff at Christmas
Temporary staff at Christmas - it doesn't pay to take short cuts. Let's be honest, there's not much glamour when it comes to finding high quality seasonal staff. It can feel like you’ve only just learnt everyone’s names before it is time to say thank you and goodbye!...
vivoHR moves into new Farnborough offices
We are delighted to announce that we have now moved into our new offices. We are already enjoying the much needed extra space and the decor which of course is adhering to the vivoHR pink and blue colours! Our new address is: Suite 8, Studio 40 40 Lynchford Road...
Holiday, use it or lose it
As the calendar year comes to a close, so does the holiday year for many businesses. If you have been on top of monitoring your employees annual leave, you will know how much unused holiday your employee's have, if any. What if you have employees who have not taken...
Would providing a reference for an ex-employee be in breach of GDPR?
A client asked a question today about GDPR compliance when completing a reference for an ex-employee so I thought it might be useful to clarify what you need to do: Providing a reference will be an act of processing personal data and you will need a legal basis to do...
Our September/October Newsletter has just been published
Packed with useful for small business employers, out latest newsletter is an essential read. It's concise, to the point and is written with business owners in mind. Read a copy here Download our HR Guide 7 Questions for sure fire success as an employer