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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...
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....
Latest Update on IR35
In March this year, the Government has delayed the roll out of its IR35 Off Payroll changes for a year. What are the latest updates on IR35? Find out more about the postponement of the reforms here Why postpone IR35? The delaying is in order for...
How to Embrace Ramadan During Lockdown
Around the world, 1.8 billion Muslims will be united in prayer during the holy month of Ramadan. As we all know, the UK and the world is in lockdown as a result of corona virus. This means Ramadan is going to be a very different experience this...
How to Support Employees Working from Home
During the current crisis many of us have had to adapt our working practices and approach to help us manage during lockdown. With many people working from home, some for the first-time, others for a prolonged period. What support does your...
The Statement of Employment Particulars – The Changes and What They Mean for Your Business
A written statement of employment particulars is an aspect of HR that must be fulfilled within the first moments of hiring new members of staff. Employees are legally entitled to receive this, and as of the 6th April 2020, this now must be given to...
Why Bother with HR as a Small Business?
If you were to invest in technology or machinery, you would utilise these to maximise their performance and return on investment. So, why should your people investment be any different? In your business, people will be one of you biggest monthly...
Benefits Cloud Connect
Over at our sister site, Benefits Cloud, we recognise the power of connectivity and communication throughout times of remote working and that’s why we’re now offering FREE access to our Benefits Cloud Standard Package to businesses for FOUR months....
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How A Small Business can Build a Scalable, Positive Workplace Culture
The better your company culture is, the better your people will perform! This article discusses methods to create a scalable company culture.
How Can an Employer Identify Workplace Stresses?
Work can be stressful for us all, whether it’s meeting deadlines or being thrown into the deep end on a big project, it’s rarely plain sailing no matter what industry you work in. Even though we all expect stress at work, it’s important that as managers and employers...
Stress in the Workplace
Stress is one of the greatest causes of Employee Burnout and and Absenteeism. This article covers a number of ways to tackle stress related problems in the work place.
Top Tips: Managing your People
Here are a few of our favourite pointers for good people management: Maintain Good Communication Employees want to be kept in the loop about ongoing projects, goals, and deadlines, so it’s essential that you communicate well with them and inform them about goings-on...
Top Tips: Pensions Auto Enrolment
It’s now been nearly six years since changes to the Pensions Act has required all companies, under Auto Enrolment, to provide workers with a Workplace Pension Scheme. Pensions Auto Enrolment represented a fundamental change in the way pensions are offered to...
Top Tips: Managing Change
Change…….to make or become different, to take or use another instead of, to give up or get rid of (something) in exchange for something else; an act or process through which something becomes different. Change means many different things in different situations. In...
What’s the Value in Values?
To what extent do we hold ourselves accountable for our values? A young relative of mine was recently travelling on a bus when a group of laughing schoolkids, having finished drinking from a can, screwed up the can and threw it out of the window in the path of a car...
Get Ready for the World Cup
The Rugby World Cup has just kicked off in Japan and excitement is mounting around trying to predict the likely winner. Can anyone stop the All Blacks? How will the Northern Hemisphere teams’ performance fair against their Southern Hemisphere counterparts? Who knows?...
Writing a Vision Statement
In our recent blog article on vision and mission statements, we gave a few examples of the excellent ones from well-known brands. We talked about the way in which they live that vision and mission in their brand. We looked at how that has a positive effect on...
Vision, Mission, Values and Culture – Does This Add Anything Meaningful to the Bottom Line?
An article in Forbes[1] last year, headed ‘The Importance of Having a Mission-Driven Company’ stated: “Employees who fall in love with their work experience higher productivity levels and engagement, and they express loyalty to the company as they remain longer,...