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What Is A Workplace Pension?

What Is A Workplace Pension?

Nearly half (40%) of 18-30 year olds consider their knowledge of pensions to be poor or very poor and three in five (60%) don’t know what a workplace pension is according to research by workplace pensions provider NOW: Pensions. Two in five (42%)...

Childcare change is coming, are you ready?

 What are the changes? The Government will launch the Tax-free childcare scheme in autumn which will see them subsidising 20% of a child's childcare on costs of up to £10,000 per year, providing savings of up to £2,000 per child. Parents will pay into an account when...

“But he started it…”

The grown-up guide to handling conflict in business 1.    Understand individual styles It may not prevent disruption completely, but arming managers with the knowledge of how different people work together can help them nip disagreements in the bud. Psychometric tools...

Nipping conflict in the bud

Nipping conflict in the bud Picture the scene. You manage a team in a call centre. An employee has stolen a computer game from a colleague’s car and held his keys to ransom. Others are changing the language on each other’s computers or disrupting the working day with...

Six tips for effective probationary periods

Six tips for effective probationary periods While there is nothing in law that requires employers to use probationary periods, they are commonly used when an employee joins the organisation and are useful way of assessing performance in a given timeframe. Below are...