Contacting Employees on Sick Leave
As an employer, you are obliged to take steps to ensure the health and wellbeing of your employees. During a period of sickness absence, employers have to ensure they are striking the right balance between reasonable contact designed to check on the employee’s welfare, or to address any absence-related matters, and excessive or unnecessary contact […]
Benefits of Peer-to-Peer Recognition
Employee recognition programmes have evolved dramatically in recent years, as organisations seek to leverage the benefits of acknowledging and rewarding staff for their efforts and contribution. In most cases, however, the basis of these programmes is ‘top-down’ feedback from leadership and management, while lacking input from peers. Yet including insight from fellow team members within […]
What is the Apprenticeship Levy?
The introduction of an apprenticeship levy has made a significant contribution to funding developments. The apprenticeship landscape has changed significantly over recent years, providing greater opportunities for individuals to combine work with study to gain skills and knowledge in a controlled environment, and for businesses to benefit from recruiting and developing talent. In this guide, […]
Common Types of Corporate Culture: Which Are You?
Corporate culture refers to the values, beliefs and standards that are shared across an organisation. It can be described as the ‘how and why’ things get done. There are many different types of corporate culture, but what is clear is that in high performing organisations, culture brings a positive impact. Increased productivity, engagement, and staff […]
Vaccination Policy (Employers’ Guide)
As organisations and individuals adapt to a new, post-pandemic normal, taking steps to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission and infection has become a universal fact of life. For employers, this has created a specific legal obligation in light of their duty of care to safeguard the health & safety of employees, customers and visitors. […]
Pros & Cons of a No Blame Culture
It is easy to apportion blame when failures happen in a business organisation, but creating an environment where everyone shares accountability and no one individual is singled out to blame can be beneficial in nurturing a highly collaborative, effective and dynamic workforce. Put simply, a no blame culture accepts that mistakes do happen within the […]
How To Deal With Difficult Employees
Managing difficult employees is an unwanted but all-too-common issue for employers and managers. But where there are problems, they must be dealt with quickly and in the correct way to reduce any toxic impact on team morale and performance and to avoid the matter becoming a legal complaint. A difficult employee could be someone who […]
COVID-19 Return to Work Mental Health
For staff who are being asked to return to the workplace now that the government mandate to work from home has been removed, this is likely to give rise to a number of concerns and anxieties, not least because coronavirus remains a serious health risk. For some, especially those who are clinically vulnerable or living […]
COVID Return to Work Risk Assessment Guide
With the recent lifting of lockdown restrictions, many employers will now be asking staff to return to the workplace. Ensuring the health and safety at work of staff and visitors remains paramount throughout this transition period. The following guide for employers looks at how to conduct a COVID return to work risk assessment prior to […]
Inclusive Leadership Traits
Inclusive leadership is defined as “leaders who are aware of their own biases and preferences, actively seek out and consider different views and perspectives to inform better decision making” by the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (enei). “They see diverse talent as a source of competitive advantage and inspire diverse people to drive organisational […]