vivoHR & Training Blog

That's it  - vivoHR have gone on holiday!  We have shutdown from today until 7th January and we look forward to talking with you all in 2013. In the meantime we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We are sure you have been considering your plans for 2013 and beyond in your business. Maybe you plan to take some time out over the Christmas period for quiet reflection & to map out what next year looks like? What do you want to achieve? What are your goals? Are...

Brrrr it is chilly out there! It is that time of year when we begin to think how bad weather might affect our business. Maybe you put plans in place for transporting goods and supplies, you make sure the computers get backed up regularly, you had the heating serviced...

January 10th was the day that the most job seekers started hunting for their next career move in 2012. In 2013 it is predicted that the busiest day for job seekers will be January 8th – the first “normal” Tuesday of the new year. On the list of new year’s resolutions...

The Bribery Act has been in force for some time now yet much confusion still abounds about what is and isn’t acceptable when it comes to corporate gifts. The intention of the Act is to prevent Bribery from occurring in functions of a business, trade or profession, or...

As we approach the end of the year do you have staff in a desperate mad dash to use up annual leave? Have you had to insist people use up holiday or have you ended up allowing a large number of employees to carry holiday over to next year? Do you worry that you...

Yesterday we discussed the issue of dealing with non-genuine sickness absence but how do you manage actual sickness absence as a business? All of the same principles of recording and monitoring are useful to help you understand the sickness levels in your business....

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?! It is a brazen employee who chucks a sicky after the work Christmas Do but whilst the...

So…we are officially into the 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 like to think the clichéd days of photocopying your bare backside after one...