Whether or not you have people on a leave of absence at the moment, coronavirus is undoubtedly affecting your business: You will be responding to changing economic conditions and adapting to the new norm in terms of health and safety, you may also have a number of employees on a leave of absence. The Government is getting …
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Coronavirus
26 February 2020 Over the last few days I have received several queries about how to manage the risks posed by the Coronavirus as an employer. I thought it might be useful to provide a short guide with a few FAQs. As at 26 February 2020 the number of cases of Coronavirus across the world …
TOO SCARED TO DISCIPLINE?
At a recent networking event a director for a medium sized business told me about a problem employee at work. She said that the employee was causing damage to her business but she felt unable to reprimand the employee because there was no clear-cut evidence. I was quite surprised at my new friend’s comments: whilst …
Can Ugly Ducklings be Racist?
At the very least they can certainly cause offence…. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/waitrose-easter-duckling-racist-ugly-twitter-apology-a8860991.html #Waitrose recently became the subject of much criticism about a decision to sell a three pack of ducks with the names Fluffy (white duck), Crispy (brown duck) and Ugly (black duck). This bizarre marketing choice resulted in a number of people complaining about racism, whilst …
A BULLET POINT GUIDE TO….. RECRUITMENT BEST PRACTICE
The latest ONS Labour Market Overview at the start of 2019 showed that the number of people in. employment rose yet again to another all time high of 76.1%. Which probably provides some explanation for the findings of the latest Labour Market Outlook survey from CIPD that 71% of employers are finding some vacancies hard …
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