vivoHR & Training Blog
Statutory Pay Rate Increases
As well as the minimum wage rate increases we wrote about on here the other day, new limits come onto force for statutory pay rates on 6 April 2017 as follows: Maternity / Paternity / Adoption / Shared Parental Pay - rises to £140.98 per week Statutory Sick Pay -...
Worker or Employee – do you know the difference?
Worker or Employee? These two terms are often used interchangeably (particularly by the media reporting yet another scaremongering story!) but they do have different meanings in terms of employment status and therefore in the eyes of an employment tribunal....
GCSE Grades are changing this year
Grades for GCSE are changing from the A to F system to a 9 to 1 system.If you are an employer and you recruit younger employees (maybe apprentices) you need to be aware of this. It's being phased in gradually - this year some students are receiving grades 9 to 1 in...
Minimum Wage Update
From 1 April 2017 the National Minimum Wage rates increase as follows: £7.50 per hour - 25 yrs old and over (new rate for over 25s was introduced April 2016 and referred to as the complusory National Living Wage) £7.05 per hour - 21-24 yrs old £5.60 per hour - 18-20...
Working From Home, great reasons as to why we love to WFH!
I love working from home (WFH) and enjoy the flexibility to do domestic "stuff" when necessary. Not sure I qualify for less distractions with two dogs under my feet all day though! A survey summarized in the Microsoft whitepaper, Work without Walls, indicates the top...
Business Expo March 2017 – An invite from vivoHR
vivoHR are very pleased to be exhibiting for the second year at the Basingstoke Business Expo March 30th 2017 Apollo Hotel - Basingstoke All your HR under one umbrella Visit us @ Stand 10 to book a FREE HR Audit Enter our prize draw to win a ½ day consultation...
High heels & lipstick? Have we really got nothing better to focus on in 2017?!
Am I better at my job if I wear high heels to work? Going on yesterday's experience in which I foolishly wore new shoes & was distracted by my sore feet all day I'd suggest not! Dress codes have a reasonable and legitimate place in many environments - corporate...
Could it be time to ditch the employee appraisal?
A recent study commissioned by Adobe, and reported in The Entrepreneur suggests that it is time for a change when it goes to appraisals! We've recently worked with a company who have shelved the employee appraisal process while we decide on a new approach, and another...
Dealing with Overwhelm, 7 Steps to over come being overwhelmed
As an owner or senior manager in business do you experience feelings of being overwhelmed by the demands on you and your time? Tricia Woolfrey of PW Consulting writes a great blog and her most recent article of 7 Steps For Dealing with Overwhelm is well worth a read...