vivoHR & Training Blog
Conducting a fair employee investigation
An employee investigation is the first step you take when addressing concerns that have been raised. They may be raised by a colleague in a grievance situation, or the business where there could be a potential disciplinary. Employee investigations must be carried out...
Easter at work
Easter, a 2000-year-old Christian holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ is a major Christian Festival. It's celebrated all over the world but how do you celebrate Easter at work? Easter marks the arrival of Spring... Finally! Nowadays, for many,...
Right To Work Checks Important Update
For quite a while now we’ve been telling you about the ongoing extension to changes in how you carry out to right to work checks in light of covid and remote working. Now we have new news about right to work checks and how going forward they should be carried out. As...
Ramadan 2022
You may not be aware that, Ramadan this year began on 2nd April and ends on 1st May. Those who honor of the holy month, lasting 30 days, will be fasting and taking part in religious practices. Muslims who take part in Ramadan will fast from sunrise to sunset every...
#breakthebias this International Women’s Day
#breakthebias At vivoHR in our team we are professional, educated, knowledgeable women and we’ve worked really bloody hard to get where we are. Sam has grown the business from a spare room venture to a professional full-service consultancy, Rachel and Sarah-Louise...
28th January 2022 – Data Privacy Day
Data Privacy Day is an international event that occurs every year on 28th January. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness and promote data privacy and data protection best practices and of course we all want to make sure that our personal information is looked...
Blue Monday 17 January 2022
Blue Monday falls in the third Monday in January – next week! Our banks accounts are empty, we’ve already broken our new year resolutions, if we even started them and it’s dark. No wonder it’s the classed as the most gloomy day of the year and has been given the name...
SSP Rebate Scheme reintroduced today
The SSPRS is a little bit of good news as some Gov help for small businesses is reintroduced as of today – more info here Public_fact_sheet_SSPRS_Dec_2021.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk) and here Covid: Firms able to claim money back to cover sick pay - BBC News and...
Sickness Self Certification – Temporary Changes to Rules Effective Immediately
On 17 December the rules regarding sickness self-certification were temporarily changed in a bid to ease the pressure on GPs whilst the vaccine booster programme is in warp speed mode. Details can be found here Taking sick leave - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) For all...