5 Furlough FAQs: Explaining the Cornoavirus Job Retention Scheme With the spread of Coronavirus causing havoc across the world, now more than ever businesses need to ensure they are watching costs and cutting back wherever possible. As part of that process many companies are looking at their workforce and considering what they can [...]
Nine Benefits of Outsourcing HR Many companies sub-contract some of their activities to specialist providers and HR, being a non-profit area, tends to be one of the obvious candidates for outsourcing. There are many elements of HR that suit outsourcing - business processes (payroll, recruitment, maybe the whole HR function), application service outsourcing [...]
Blue Monday – Five tips to inject some happiness into the workplace! Blue Monday was first declared in 2005, reported to be the most depressing day of the year. Generally falling on the third Monday of January, Blue Monday’s date is actually based on a calculation, taking the following into account: Weather conditions [...]
Exit interviews - What can we learn from people resigning? January is upon us. And with the new year often comes a wave of resignations. According to a survey conducted by Glassdoor, January is the month when people are mostly likely to consider leaving a job, with a staggering 18% of employees naming [...]
Sex discrimination - removing unfair discrimination and bias In August, we wrote about sex discrimination and examples of the different types. Following on from that, here’s some practical advice on removing unfair discrimination and bias in the workplace. At the recruitment stage: job adverts and job descriptions Ensure that every job advert includes [...]