With the removal of Spain including the Balearic, Canary islands from the list of countries which were exempt for returning travellers to self-isolate by The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) this undoubtedly has implications for Employers and your Employees. This comes following the Spanish health minister reported a spike of 971 infections on the previous […]
What is the new Scheme? The Government has unveiled plans to assist SME’s recover from the Coronavirus pandemic in the form of grants worth £20 million. The funding was announced on Thursday (July 30) by Simon Clarke MP, Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government. Grants will be fully funded by the government from the […]
The Background As the UK now faces an uncertain future the Government has recognised that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has so far supported over one million employers to protect over 9 million jobs. The CJRS scheme has been open since March, and will wind down flexibly and gradually, supporting businesses until October. The […]
As Boris assumes his seat firmly in No10 we take a look at what the future holds for HR It does appear Boris has a lot on his plate at the moment, when Mrs May passed her lengthy list of tasks she also handed over workplace policies, one of these was the “Good Work Plan” […]
A review of current legislation is currently underway which could have the potential to bring about positive changes. This consultation paper is due to be published in 2020. So what are the current issues? Information/data is held for hate crimes for five protected characteristics: disability transgender status race religion sexual orientation Unfortunately criminal law does […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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….. […]
