The Fair Pay Agreements Act is the single biggest legislation change since the early 1990’s and, as an employer, you need to be prepared as you have legal obligations in respect of the...
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All Good Things come to an end
When someone resigns from your company, whatever the reason, this can be a nightmare for employers… advertising, shortlisting, interviewing, and training a new person… even with the best...
Does the Face Fit?
This month's Webinar is about Assessing cultural fit within an organisation, but what is “cultural fit”? We spend a lot of our waking lives with the people we work with, and if...
Practical advice on how to restructure your business
As a business owner restructuring and redundancies are probably the hardest thing you will ever have to do. And, as an HR consultant who has done literally thousands of restructures,...
Always look on the bright side of life, la la la la la
Well for all the Monty Python fans out there, hopefully, you just sang the title and it brought a wee smile to what is, frankly, a pretty bleak outlook at the moment. Bad weather,...
How do you recruit in a Candidates Market?
The issues of getting staff at the moment are very real, so how do you attract people to come and work for you? Why is it so tough to get staff?Low unemployment is of course one of the big...
Fair Pay agreements Bill
The new Fair pay agreement Bill has now been opened for submissions and I would strongly recommend that you have your say. Submissions can be made on the Parliament Website...
Mandates are Gone so does this mean no jab is also gone? No
Though it was great headline stuff, the reality is that all the government actually did was hand the decision over to Employers about how they manage the health and safety risk of COVID...
Protecting your business against a close contact event
I have just published some new documents on the website which will be of use to you all: A Covid Response pack – including key lines and covering what you need to know about how to...
More Challenges ahead for 2022
Well, late 2021 felt like there may be light at the end of the tunnel, but then we heard Omricon, and the reality is that it is unlikely that Omricon will be the last variant. On top...
Do I have to have a No Jab No Job policy?
As a business owner, you have a legal obligation to: Provide a safe working environmentAct in good faith in the best interests of your company Irrespective of which side of the vaccination...
Can I mandate compulsory vaccines?
Back in April, I sent a newsletter advising that you can’t make it compulsory for someone to have a COVID Vaccination. This advice has NOT changed. However, the acceptance...