HR & Employment Law Insights
Helping family businesses, start-ups, charities, social enterprises, and other growing or established businesses throughout the UK make sense of HR and employment law challenges.We hope you enjoy the wide range of blog articles featured. Whether you are looking for an insight in to how an HR consultancy Scotland team works, or also in need of disciplinary hearing advice, we have the answers you are looking for.
Top Ten Things to Consider When Outsourcing Your HR Function
One of the things we get asked is when and how you should outsourcing HR UK. There’s no right or wrong reason as to when – you might be a start up, or you may employ 50 or more staff. It’s really up to you in terms of what you want HR to be in your business.Here are...
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Employment Law Changes 2019 | April
We all can't believe it's almost April already! This means that all the big changes in business are just around the corner. With employment law changes 2019 happening in April, we want to give you some top tips to make these changes less stressful. Prepare for...
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3 Essential Steps to Effective Absence Management
According to the CIPD Annual Survey Report, absence levels and the cost of absence are down. In fact, the average level of employee absence is at 6.6 days per employee. Although the causes of absence remain unchanged – including minor illness, stress, and acute mental...
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Seven Steps to Conduct a Fair Disciplinary Meeting
As you start to grow your business, your team will grow too. This leads to a likely possibility that you may experience some unforeseen challenges with your employees that you will have to deal with. Depending on the severity of the situation, this may also lead to a...
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How Will Brexit Affect Business in the UK?
I think we can all agree that it has been a shocking week in Parliament. With Theresa May losing the vote for her proposed Brexit deal for a second time, this has caused continued uncertainty and distress for many of us. You might be fed up hearing about Brexit, and...
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Adverse Weather Policy |Preparing for the Triple Polar Vortex
With regular reports of the polar vortex hitting the UK by the end of the month, it leaves us asking, what does this mean for my business? Do I need an adverse weather policy? If the reports are correct, this will be the coldest January to date. This increases the...
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What to Expect in the New Year | Human Resources Planning
Human Resources Planning As we approach the end of 2018, many of us may be wondering what the new year will bring. Have you started your human resources planning? Are your goals and expectations set out for the year? While it’s important to reflect on the previous...
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Top Tips to Consider When Planning your Works Christmas Party
Christmas in the Workplace We are approaching the end of another year and everyone is starting to plan Christmas in the workplace. More importantly, their staff Christmas party. This is also the time of year that professionals receive a high number of calls following...
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Adverse Weather Policy – is your business prepared?
As we approach December, we are bracing ourselves for the snow and ice to suddenly appear. In addition, It's important you have an adverse weather policy in place to prepare for this. The events of the adverse weather from March is fresh in our minds, and as the...
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8 Employee Handbook Template Tips
Your employee handbook template is more than a resource employees will leave on their desks for years to come. It’s more than a recitation of basic staff rights and responsibilities too. In fact, it’s also a way to set forth your policies and expectations. Most...
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Why Employee Development Saves Money
Training and Development Training and development can be one of the most neglected aspects in management. Most employers onboard staff and essentially set them free in the workforce. This leaves them with the burden of development, advancement, and more. There’s just...
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The Advantages of Having an Effective Employee Benefits Scheme
You may have seen this in the news last week, but Scottish employment is at an all time high and unemployment is at it’s lowest rate in 25 years. All good news for people looking for work. However, it does create a challenge for employers as there are many reports...
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