Improve Your Talent Management Process
Your workforce is your organisation’s greatest asset. An effective talent management process will allow your company to attract and retain talented individuals, while supporting and nurturing talent in your existing workforce. In doing so, you can enrich every aspect of the businesses operations and significantly cut costs in training and recruitment. Why is a […]
Conducting Remote Disciplinary & Grievance Hearings
With remote working now standard practice across the economy, employers have had to adapt ways of working to accommodate the new normal. This raises specific workforce management issues, such as if and how disciplinary and grievance hearings can be conducted remotely. The law on HR hearings For employers, it is a matter of ensuring […]
How to Make a Job Share Work
Job shares can be beneficial to both the employer and employees. With many workers now looking for more flexible or reduced working hours, employers are increasingly turning to less traditional working solutions to facilitate talent attraction and recruitment. In practical terms, job shares can allow the worker to pursue other interests or work outside of […]
Occupational Health At Work (How to Meet Your Duties)
The importance of occupational health at work should never be underestimated. By utilising occupational health services, employers can meet their legal obligations to support workforce well-being, while benefiting from increased productivity and reduced sickness-related absenteeism. A proactive approach to employee welfare is shown to support staff retention and a positive employer brand. In this guide for […]
Giving Constructive Feedback at Work
Feedback is critical to individual growth, both professional and personal. But people take and give feedback in different ways. Not everyone is comfortable having potentially difficult conversations, and some may find it challenging to give others suggestions for improvement in a way that can be clearly understood while not being condescending or destroying confidence. But […]
Shortlisting Process (Guide for HR)
Shortlisting is a crucial stage within the recruitment process, when employers identify the candidates from their applicant pool who best meet the essential and desirable criteria for the job opening in question. For employers, the shortlisting process should optimise both the effectiveness and efficiency of candidate selection for interview. There are, however, important legal considerations […]
Probation Review Guide for Managers
The probation period allows the employer and employee time to decide if the employment arrangement is working for both parties. Employers should use this time to support the employee with settling in while assessing the employee’s performance in their new role. Employees can use this time to decide if the job and the organisation are right […]
Managing Relationships at Work to Reduce Legal Risk
As most of us spend more waking hours at work than we do at home, the importance of maintaining positive working relationships, and minimising interpersonal conflict, cannot be underestimated. This is often the key to a happy, productive and collaborative workforce. Below we provide some practical tips for managers and leaders on managing relationships at […]
How to Create a Hybrid Working Policy
Working practices have changed drastically since the lockdown. Hybrid working, in particular, has emerged as a popular compromise between the varying wants and preferences of employers and employees alike post-pandemic. For employers, hybrid working can bring many benefits. It enables the employee to have greater focus on the task at hand with fewer interruptions and […]
Extra Bank Holiday 2022 (Employers’ Guide)
For employers planning ahead for their workforce arrangements, next year brings a complicating factor due to the extra bank holiday in 2022. The following guide for employers looks at the bank holidays 2022 schedule, including what the extra bank holiday means for your workforce’s entitlement to time off work. What is the bank holidays […]