Managing Annual Leave

Calculating annual leave entitlements and ensuring workers receive the correct holiday pay can be a real challenge for employers. The purpose of annual leave Annual leave enables workers to take paid time off work, to enable workers to be well-rested and to maintain their physical and mental health.  So, it really is in the best … Read more

Dismissing an employee on long term sick leave

When you have an employee off on long term sick leave, you may end up at some point having to decide whether you can continue to hold their job open. You’ll need to balance giving the individual enough time to recover from their illness or injury with the need to ensure their work is covered, … Read more

Disciplinary Hearings are a Difficult Area for Employers

Even though there can be a wealth of evidence against an employee, if a fair process is not followed, it leaves the employer open to the risk of a claim for unfair dismissal. Read on to make sure you get it right….. When to arrange a disciplinary hearing If, following an investigation, an employer decides … Read more

Essential HR Documentation

What is the reason for HR Documentation? During the employee life cycle, HR documentation is required to support the employment relationship and HR processes. It’s essential to keep HR documents as a historical record of your employees when required for many reasons. What are HR Documents? HR documents are used to communicate, and record information … Read more

Dismissal Procedures

Introduction To be a ‘fair’ dismissal, a UK employer must show that it was due to one of five specific reasons. The employer must also have acted fairly and reasonably in carrying out the dismissal. More positive approaches, such as coaching and counselling, may help in some cases relating to conduct or performance, and should … Read more

Dealing with Difficult Conversations

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Do you need to have a difficult conversation with an employee, but aren’t quite sure where to begin? Very often employers avoid a difficult conversation. The trouble with this is the problem will not go away on its own. It can actually create more problems that start to spiral. Although it may seem awkward or … Read more

8 Steps to Building a Retention Strategy

Individuals leave their jobs for all sorts of reasons; some employee departures are a result of decisions made by the employer while others are based on the employee’s decision to resign and move on, usually to another employer. If it is too high, labour turnover can have an adverse impact on an organisation as it … Read more

Why employee probation periods are important

Q. How do you really know if you have recruited the right candidate? A. You don’t! Probation periods allow managers to monitor performance over a period of time, usually three months, to ensure employees are meeting their job roles and responsibilities, and that they are a good match for the business.    Below are a … Read more

New Starters? Look after them from Day One!

A clear process for onboarding new starters might sound a bit boring, but I guarantee you will reap the rewards if you follow these simple steps. Introducing the new employee to the team, helping them become familiar with your processes and procedures and the requirement of his or her role is key. This starts on day … Read more