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Employee Retention Strategies [July 2021]
Business owners worldwide have struggled in one way or another over the last eighteen months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the main worries has been employee retention. HR departments, managers and owners have to think of the best ways to...
International HR Day 2021 – Shaping the New Future
I was recently asked what International HR Day means to me and it got me thinking! The theme of this year’s day is about our role as a profession in leading change to improve working lives. Also it is about not slipping back into traditional ways...
10 Employee Rights You Should Know
Employee rights in the workplace are an essential part of fair and legal treatment of the workforce. The Employment Rights Act came into force in 1996 and covers everything from protection of wages and zero hours workers to Sunday working and...
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IR35: Off-Payroll Working [April 2021]
What is IR35? IR35 sees medium and large private sector businesses in the UK become responsible for setting the tax status of any contract work they use from April 2021. It is designed to make clear the true nature of an employee, whether they are...
HR Challenges in Your Business – The Tale of the Dripping Tap
“What on earth has a dripping tap got to do with HR challenges in your business?” you might be asking yourself. Surely this is the domain of a plumber, not an HR professional! Well of course, in literal terms you’d be right, but think...
Open the Blinds on Wellbeing in the Workplace
When it comes to wellbeing in the workplace, the effect on your workforce of simply ‘opening the blinds’ could be staggering! It sounds so obvious it’s hardly believable. There is much to be found about wellbeing and the positive or negative impact...
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Furlough Scheme Amendments [December 2020]
There have recently been more furlough scheme amendments since it was recently announced that the Job Retention Scheme is now extended until 31st March 2021. From this, there have been a flurry of questions about details, in particular relating to...
Why Being Nice Makes Good Commercial Sense
There is a current climate of ever-increasing awareness about our mental health. Which, on the whole, is excellent and will significantly improve conversations surrounding wellbeing, especially in the workplace. However, my fundamental belief that...
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Coronavirus, Furlough and Redundancy FAQs
Coronavirus has changed the working landscape immeasurably since it arrived in the UK in late January. Businesses will have had to consider a range of responses – to ensure survival; one of these is redundancy. The end date for the Government’s furlough job retention...
Our Virtual Cake Sale for St Barnabas Hospice Lincolnshire
We are celebrating the Go Yellow campaign this week in the run up to St Barnabas Hospice's 38th birthday. We are 'going yellow' all this week to raise awareness and celebrate a fantastic, worthwhile cause. As part of that, we've been busy baking for our virtual cake...
Benefits Cloud partners with SimPal charity to help bring people together
We are proud to announce that through our employee benefit system, Benefits Cloud, we have partnered with SimPal as our long-term charity partner. SimPal provide free pre-paid SIM cards and mobile phones to those people living with cancer. Their aim is to help prevent...
Go Yellow for St Barnabas Hospice’s 38th Birthday
St Barnabas Hospice have been our charity partner for a number of years. So, it was without any hesitation that we accepted their invitation to 'Go Yellow' in celebration of their birthday on Thursday 11th June 2020. ‘Go Yellow’ is the perfect opportunity to spread...
An Exciting Appointment to the Petaurum Solutions Team
Petaurum Solutions are pleased to announce the appointment of Zac Toumazi to their board in the role of Non-Executive Director Petaurum Solutions Ltd today announced that Zac Toumazi will be joining as a Non-Executive Director, effective 1st June 2020. Zac will bring...
Effective shift planning during periods of crisis management
Shift planning is a fine art at the best of times. However, when external influences and unforeseen circumstances change the landscape, it becomes a huge challenge to keep businesses running as usual. Shift planning specialists, WhosOffice, have put together guidance...
How to Drive Success With Your People Plan
The Dripping Tap – A Tale for the Small Business Owner is a blog we wrote recently for The Business Ninja. The lessons of this tale remain as relevant today as they ever were. A growing or scale-up business will have people at the heart of its success....
Making Change Stick – Communication and Employee Engagement
Following on from yesterday's update from Boris Johnson, there's probably some confusion among workforces as to exactly what is going on. Communication may be an issue, but it's vital to ensuring your employees know exactly what is happening, and what is changing....
How to Focus your Efforts on Growth, not People Problems
So, you’ve got your basic foundations in place to start employing your team – THE team – the one that’s going to drive your business to the successful outcomes you’ve always dreamed of. You knew about the new legislation that was introduced on 6th April 2020...
Top Tips to Ensure a Fair Redundancy Selection Criteria
Businesses may need to look at workforce numbers as a result of Covid-19. This is to adjust and protect the longevity of the business however, beware of breaching Equality and Diversity when pulling together a Redundancy Selection Criteria. Planning redundancy is a...