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Champions of Gender Equality – International Women’s Day
This Sunday is International Women’s Day so we’re celebrating by looking at some of the companies in the UK who champion gender equality. The odds are stacked against women in the workplace, with the UK ranking 21st in the Global Gender Gap Index...
Protect Your Workplace and Employees from Coronavirus
With the situation changing almost by the hour, it’s important to keep abreast of the latest advice from Government and other official sources. From an employer’s perspective, here’s our latest advice: What should I be doing now? The government has...
Our Charity Challenge for The Children’s Air Ambulance
Last week, we attended the Doncaster Business Showcase event and in a spur of the moment decision, signed up for the 10TENK challenge. What is that you might ask? The challenge will see us run 10 x 10k in 12 months – or if you’re Adam, 10 days! –...
7 Tips to Stay Motivated When Working from Home
Working from home is more popular than ever, with flexible working hours and work-from-home options being two of the most important workplace benefits employees look for. The benefits of remote working include increased flexibility, no...
Why do I need to bother with HR?
As a small business, you might wonder why you should bother with HR. But then as time goes by and your business, and people needs, grow, you may find yourself coming across more and more difficult employment situations. These could be easily...
What impact will immigration changes have on my business?
As part of the Government’s Brexit pledge yesterday (19th Feb 2020), the Home Secretary announced the changes to the immigration process as a result of the cessation of the free movement of workers from January 2021 The key changes announced were:...
How do you deal with an employee that is continuously sick?
Employee absences are a normal part of HR, but it can become a pain when a member of staff is a repeat offender and keeps calling in sick. This is especially the case for small businesses. Here are the 5 key tips to deal with this appropriately:...
Useful IR35 Tips
With the ongoing ambiguity surrounding the implementation of IR35, the Institute of Payroll Professionals has sought to further clarify the checks employers will have to take to determine if a employment relationship exists. This will need to be...
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HR and Strategy – Levels of Input and Influence
If your business has reached the point where you think that help with your HR management and strategy is the best next step, do you know how to successfully find the right and appropriately qualified person? In some businesses, there is still a belief that HR added to...
What’s Trending in Leadership for 2020
Leadership is a hot topic at the moment. With the recent change of Prime Minister in the UK and ongoing leadership issues around the world, the style of a leader has never been a bigger discussion point. Within the world of business, the theme of Leadership has...
The Influencing Leader
The article covers the specialised Leadership Style of “Influencing Leaders” and how they can operate in bringing teams together to work more efficiently.
Creating a High Performing Team on Simple Principles
A guide on how Employers, Managers and Team Leaders can build High Performing Teams by following several simple principles set out in this article.
Everyday Leadership in an Uncertain and Changing World
This article discusses the various main types of leadership styles, their strengths, weaknesses and how they can improve and become more employee aware.
Change Management and Managing Change: Dealing with Challenging Behaviours
Change Projects can produce negative and challenging behaviour from employees, as such suitable action must be taken by management to resolve this behaviour.
Contractual Change: TUPE
A guide on how employers can examine the terms and conditions of employee contractual changes occurring as a result of a merger or acquisition.
Changing a Contract of Employment
This article elaborates on how an Employer can change a Contract of Employment, where to start, how to approach obstacles and what options are available.
Managing Change: Redundancy
This article discusses the procedures and considerations which ought to be considered when the need for redundancy arises.
Change Management and Managing Change
A clear breakdown of how business can effectively implement change management, discussing numerous factors for considerations.