HR Bulletin: Public disturbances – Advice for employers
Over the last couple of weeks a wave of public disturbances and violent protests have spread across the country. In [...]
HR Bulletin: Labour’s Plans for Employment Legislation
The new government have already set out their plans for significant changes to employment legislation in line with their manifesto. [...]
HR Bulletin: New employment legislation for 2024
After a reasonably stable few years for employment legislation, a whole raft of amendments are being introduced in 2024 which [...]
HR Bulletin: COVID Guidance for Employers – Autumn 2023
As we head into the winter months and Covid infections surge once again, we look at the latest government guidance [...]
Real Living Wage Increases by 10%
The Living Wage Foundation has announced that the real Living Wage will increase to £12 (up from £10.90) an hour [...]
HR Bulletin: Employment Law Update – New flexible working rules
Changes to the legislation around flexible working requests have now been confirmed and are due to be implemented imminently. Although [...]
National Minimum Wage breaches – Are You Guilty? Four Traps to Avoid ….
National Minimum Wage breaches – Are You Guilty? Four Traps to Avoid The National Minimum Wage is an established part [...]
A Bank Holiday for the King’s Coronation – Monday 8th May 2023
The Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort will take place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday [...]
Teacher Strikes – Advice to Employers as Further Planned Action
Teacher Strikes – Further Planned Action Like many other sectors, teachers have been striking over pay and working conditions amid [...]
HR Bulletin: The Budget – your business and your staff
Last week’s budget has been touted as the “back to work” budget. One of chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s key aims was [...]
Holiday year-end headaches and how to avoid them
As the end of the year approaches, employers can find themselves short-staffed as team members rush to use up their [...]
International Menopause Day – 18th October 2022
Today is International Menopause day and an opportunity to highlight how employers can better support women in the workplace. Why [...]
International Week of Happiness at Work
How important is it to be happy at work? Well, most of us spend a lot of our time there [...]
Employer Advice – managing your way through another COVID-19 wave
As Covid infections surge once again, we look at the latest government guidance and what employers should be doing when [...]
Managing Staff Attendance During Strike Action
A three-day train strike, taking place on 21, 23 and 25 June, will see thousands of rail workers walk out [...]
Fit note certification extended to a wider range of healthcare professionals
On Friday 10th June, the Government announced that a wider range of healthcare professionals with have the authority to issue [...]
My employee is stranded abroad – what can I do?
The air travel surge prior to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend put additional strain on a travel system that had [...]
Having trouble recruiting? 5 tips to help employers in a candidate’s market
Trouble recruiting? - It’s a candidate’s market! Employment levels are at an all time high and there are more open [...]
Mental Health Awareness 52 Weeks a Year
The annual spotlight on Mental Health via Mental Health Week has just finished, but rather than fade into the background [...]
Relaxation of COVID regulations – what employers need to know
For almost 2 years, we have become accustomed to living and working with Coronavirus related restrictions, but 24th February 2022 [...]