The pitfalls of not having Contracts of Employment in place

The pitfalls of not having Contracts of Employment in place   We work with small business owners and as I write this we will undoubtedly receive enquiries in relation to HR matters, as part of what we call our initial fact find we ask a series of questions and one of these is “does your […]

Are we really that flexible?

Remote working and working flexibly are now common in the UK right?   With less than 10% of Employees reporting they work the average 9am-5pm it does appear on the surface we are achieving the flexible working dream then doesn’t it?.   When we break this down, flexible working can fall under many headings really […]

Vegetarianism Discrimination Case – Dismissed in Tribunal

Employment Law Update An employment tribunal recently dismissed the claim by Mr Conisbee that he was protected from discrimination or harassment because he was a vegetarian. The tribunal ruled that vegetarianism did not fall in the same bracket as a religious or philosophical belief, contrasting it with veganism, which it said could be protected.   […]

The Good Work Plan..How Prepared are you?

It looks like things will be changing in the coming year, the ‘Good Work Plan” proposals which are set to reform areas in HR and Recruitment are in response to the Taylor review.   The aims are to strengthen employment rights and make improvements for everyone.   The first is a ‘Right to more stable […]

Change Management – How to do this seamlessly

Changing the mindsets and behaviours of your people – how to do this seamlessly In an ever changing world your business will need to adapt to change and with this your people will need to adapt too, your success lies with within the change programme and how open to change your people are – what […]

Part 2- The Good Work Plan..How Prepared are you?

The ‘Good Work Plan” contains proposals which are set to reform areas in HR and Recruitment, these are are in response to the Taylor review. The aims are to strengthen employment rights and make improvements for everyone. I have already posted previously numerous areas that are set to change in 2019-2020, below is Part 2….. […]

How much could Summer cost you?

Summer is apparently on the way we will probably see another hike in absence, reports show this happens when the suns shines.   Average absence is costing the UK economy £18 billion in lost productivity each year. This has been steadily increasing since 2011 – despite as previously witnessed a downward trend since 1993. A […]

Everyone loves a great review, what do you do with your feedback?

Receiving Feedback Once you have provided your service to your customer you may send out a feedback form, ask for the feedback by email, website, google reviews or other format, all these methods are great. What do you do with them once you have them though, some may be great and provide glowing comments, others […]

Time for a Change – it’s all about the “winning culture”

You may have faced a challenging time within your company recently, it may be from that time you have sat back and waited for the storm to pass. To become successful in business you need to become proactive, to identify what went wrong to become more successful in the future. To enable this, you need […]

Hot Off The Press

Restrictive covenants big news The UK Supreme Court has upheld a clause in an employment contract which prevented Ms Tillman from working for a competing firm for 6 months, it did so after finding elements that would otherwise made it an unreasonable constraint on trade could be severed. When she left the firm at Egon […]