How to retain staff - What do your employees want? It’s getting harder to attract quality candidates to come and work for you. In addition, finding the right staff is a phrase we hear often from our clients. We though this would be a perfect opportunity to give you...
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Holiday Planning
How to manage staff holidays? Things seem to go to bad to worse for Ryanair following the way they’ve not managed holiday entitlement. As you will know, they have had to cancel thousands of flights, and their reputation has been severely damaged with threats of legal...
Six Ways to Improve Employees Performance
We are passionate about employee engagement here at The HR Booth as this will lead to improved business performance in your organisation. This improved performance can lead to increased profitability, productivity, employee retention, customer metrics, and safety...
Managing Mental Health In the Workplace
Foster mental wellness to boost productivity and loyalty. Support individuals with flexibility, remote work options, and phased returns. Encourage open dialogue, self-awareness, and coaching. Create an environment where your team can thrive and excel.
Giving Staff The Tools To Do Their Jobs
Giving staff the tools to do their jobsUsing the right tools for the job I’m really fortunate that I get to work with dozens of businesses and have lots of variety in my role. As I’m working on site with so many clients each week, I'm in and out of their businesses. I...
Now That Employment Tribunal Fees Are Abolished, What Does This Mean For Employers?
We’ve seen an increase in enquiries since Employment Tribunal fees were abolished last month, so I wanted to share my thoughts on this and what it means for you as employers. Unison, the Trade Union, had been campaigning for some time to have Employment Tribunal fees...
Meet The HR Booth Team
Meet The HR Booth TeamThe HR booth is a HR consultant company driven by a team with experience in various HR roles – including HR managers, HR advisors, HR consultants, and specialist roles – across a number of challenging industries.We expanded our team even more...
Benefits of Retainer-Based HR Services
Benefits of HR Retainer ServicesHR Retainer services offer many benefits. However, we understand many people have reservations when it comes to this type of agreement. When most organisations hear the words “retainer agreement,” they run the other direction. After...
How You Know Its Time to Outsource HR
If you’re in a leadership position at your company, you know all too well how frustrating it is to manage non-revenue-generating tasks. In fact, it’s easy to spend up to half your time at the office on administrative needs, including many HR functions. Most growing...
HR in Family Businesses: How it Works, What’s the Same, and What’s Different
We work with several family businesses across the UK and they are very different than other corporations. And, although the expected HR tasks are still necessary – including recruiting, staffing, training, development, performance reviews, and employee relations,...
How to Support Your Staff During The School Summer Holidays
I'm just back from my summer holiday, having spent 10 days out in Spain enjoying some sunshine! We're now into the third week of the school holidays in Scotland and the schools down south break off today. As such, we are well into the summer season, and many of us...
Understanding Pregnant Employee Rights in the Workplace
Understanding Pregnant Employee Rights in the WorkplaceIt's important as an employer to fully understand pregnant employee rights to ensure a supportive and compliant workplace. Your employees may have some work related concerns during this time and it's important to...