vivoHR & Training Blog
Shared Parental Leave, The Debate
The debate over proposals to increase the sharing of maternity / paternity leave goes on - we think this over complication is likely to have the very opposite effect to the one it is trying to have. How would you manage this in your business?...
Fair practice and pay for interns
Unpaid internships will be subject to greater scrutiny by the HMRC and the Department for Business Innovation & Skills it would seem. We cautiously welcome this news as we've long felt that there are companies exploiting young workers trying to get a foot in the...
Testimonials, they’re worth shouting about!
Inspired by recent feedback we've just updated the testimonials page of our website - take a look at all the great things people say about us! Do you get testimonials from your clients & if so what do you do with the once you have them? Nice feedback today "I used...
TUPE Regulation Changes
The Government has published draft legislation to make changes to the TUPE Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) Regulations, that it proposes will come into effect in January 2014. Changes were due to come into force in 2013 but these were delayed...
New HR Update from vivoHR
An HR Update from us - two topics under discussion - Possible Changes to Calculating Holiday Pay & A Change to the ACAS Code of Practice on Who Can Be A Companion at Disciplinary & Grievance Hearings....
World Mental Health Day
It's World Mental Health Day today - every year on 10th October there is a national focus on the mental well being of people. Of course, there is a need for this to be a focus all year round but this day aims to bring mental health to everyone's attention....
Reasons for Dismissal 1…2…3
So what are the most common reasons for disciplinary proceedings in the workplace? Research by Expert HR has the answers. Unsurprisingly (to us at least) the most common reasons for a disciplinary hearing were matters of "general misconduct" and poor performance, poor...
Changes to TUPE Regulations
Changes to the TUPE Regulations (Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment) were due to come into force October 2013. It looks likely that the earliest we'll now see these is the start of 2014. It seems that the proposed removal of service provision changes...
Happy Birthday vivoHR!
We've been so busy providing fantastic HR Services to our clients that our second birthday passed us by in a blur! We were two years old on Saturday 14th September - wow that time has flown by fast! Emma & I raised a glass to ourselves sitting at our respective...