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We are loving (in a kinda horrified way!) these top 10 reasons why employers are not paying the National Minimum Wage. We've refused to work with employers before who won't pay staff NMW - usually café or restaurant owners who think tips should make up part of that...

Creating a Positive Organisation These articles by Professor Robert Quinn are well worth read. The concept of taking the function of HR away from "sticking bandages on old wounds" into working with the Senior Leadership Team to create positive, innovative and...

Less than 10% of new parents are taking advantage of the opportunity to share what used to be mum's Maternity Leave with the new Shared Parental Leave rights since its introduction in April 2015. It's possibly a pretty complex process for new parents to work out how...

Happy New Year! Do you have your New Year Resolutions in place yet? How about adding a few of these to that list? Spend some time this year planning your employment strategy. It is time well spent but it is often a “luxury” that we don’t allow ourselves. It will...

Personnel Today always publish a useful round up of upcoming employment law changes - so here's the heads up for 2017. To be honest many of those anticipated changes won't have a significant impact on your small business but there are a few you should be aware of,  in...

Fun seems like an apt topic for a pre-Christmas post and it fits with one of our favourite any time of year workplace philosophies too - the FISH! principles. We've just downloaded this resource from HRZone and BrightHR - it's a neat little book of fun ideas that...

It wouldn't be a festive Christmas without the inevitable doom mongering HR post about the risks and pitfalls of staff enjoying themselves just a little too much at your festive gathering...so here it is! All joking aside, there are some points in this article from...

Setting goals for 2017 with your employees? Interesting article in Entrepreneur about how to fail at goal setting with your staff. Worth a read! In summary - to succeed (as we prefer a more positive approach!): Be specific and ensure that the goals are clearly aligned...

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 still lower than it...