With the economy opening back up over the next month or two many businesses are now in a position where they will be able to start planning for what the ‘new normal’ will look like. For some this will necessitate restructures and other changes as staffing requirements will now be different when compared to lifeContinue reading “Analysing post lockdown business strategies and putting a redundancy plan together”
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Supporting and Managing Muslim Employees during Ramadan
One of the great things about working in HR is that in order to enable the organisation to manage the fabulously diverse workforce properly we need to try and understand what motivates them and also what does the opposite. This often means improving our knowledge about all kinds of areas that we may not previouslyContinue reading “Supporting and Managing Muslim Employees during Ramadan”
Post lockdown will we be back in the office, working from home, or some form of hybrid?
There is much speculation about how lockdown and the pandemic has changed the world of work, with the hottest topic being whether employees will continue to work from home or not. In our experience the vast majority of employers were sceptical of employees working from home prior to the pandemic but the evidence does seemContinue reading “Post lockdown will we be back in the office, working from home, or some form of hybrid?”
Reasons to be cheerful 1, 2, 3
After a long, hard winter in lockdown things really feel like they are getting better don’t they? The birds are singing, spring flowers are blooming, and lockdown is starting to ease. These are my 3 reasons to be cheerful and if you’ll indulge me I’ll explain a little more about each one and why theyContinue reading “Reasons to be cheerful 1, 2, 3”
Can employers insist that employees have the Covid vaccine?
Clearly the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine is great news, and the government should be proud of their efforts ensuring that the UK’s programme is one of the best in the world. Let’s hope it isn’t derailed by our European friends’ threats of protectionism and export bans which are wrong on so many levels inContinue reading “Can employers insist that employees have the Covid vaccine?”
How to manage the tricky issue of employee social media posts
As always in my super exciting life I spent Monday morning with a coffee reading up on HR updates and recent Tribunal outcomes. A recent judgement regarding use of social media by an employee that involved abusive comments about his line manager caught my eye as an interesting topic for this week’s article, along withContinue reading “How to manage the tricky issue of employee social media posts”
What employers can learn from THAT Royal interview
I was one of the 12 million people in the UK who watched the interview last Monday and it caused some great debates in our household. After reflecting on the interview and also the views of my twenty something year old kids, which were very different to mine, I felt it may be interesting toContinue reading “What employers can learn from THAT Royal interview”
Today is International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day (IWD), held on 8 March each year, celebrates the historical social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and is also a day of action against gender inequality around the world. Each year the UN chooses a theme for IWD, this year it is ‘Women in leadership: achieving an equal future inContinue reading “Today is International Women’s Day”
Could your boss be an actual psychopath?
I was reading this week about the leadership style of Neil Woodford, the disgraced fund manager who has decided to make a comeback plus others in that industry who portray ‘destructive leadership’ where their actions actually work against the good of the company. It made me think about senior leaders I have worked for overContinue reading “Could your boss be an actual psychopath?”
How does a small company generate internet sales when Google is dominated by the big players?
This week’s blog is a little shorter than usual as a lot of my time over the weekend was spent putting together Questions and Answers on redundancy to publish on my blog as I mentioned last week. Thankyou to those of you who raised redundancy questions. I have replied to all of these personally, andContinue reading “How does a small company generate internet sales when Google is dominated by the big players?”