If you have people working from home then you do absolutely need to know what you are and are not responsible for.Helpfully, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have now specifically stated "As an employer, you have the same health and safety responsibilities for...
Welcome to 2022, may it be a distinct improvement on 2020 and 2021 but just in case I am going to sit quietly here and maybe I won’t be noticed! My New Year resolution is to be the same fabulous me I always am so I am already winning at 2022 but let’s look at what...
With Covid numbers rising again and an uncertain winter ahead we are hearing more about Plan B so perhaps now is a good time to look at what Plan B actually entails. The current Government strategy - Plan A - focuses on testing and vaccination to help prevent the NHS...
From 1st April 2022, the National Living Wage will see a significant jump of 59p, representing an increase of 6.6%.Current rate - £8.91New rate - £9.50The Low Pay Commission’s recommendations set the minimum wage back on track to reach the Government’s target of...
It’s all new isn’t it? Just as we figure out or at least try to figure out employee engagement, it all changes. Now we have to figure out how to engage employees working between home and the office. There will be challenges but nothing that can’t be overcome. Perhaps...
With thanks to Bonny Tyler there for the great lyrics from I need a hero! Struggling to recruit then? Based on the conversations I've been having just recently, you're far from alone. It seems like madness, doesn't it? So many redundancies in the last 18...
Flexible working - what is it and what's changing? Currently, an employee has a right to request flexible working if they have 26 or more weeks of continuous service with an employer. However, the Government has published a consultation which includes a proposal to...
“I hate roller coasters” I said firmly. “but didn’t you just say you’d been on the Big One in Blackpool and the one at Disney in Paris that blasts Aerosmith at serious volume at you as you go along?” “Um, yeah, I did actually”. An actual conversation I...
With news that four out of five furloughed workers have now returned to work and the fact that the CJRS scheme is supporting the least amount of workers since it began, I wanted to pose the question to you about what happens after furlough. If everyone's now back at...
What exactly is hybrid working? Hybrid working doesn’t have an exact definition but loosely speaking, it’s a situation where people work from one or more locations on a regular basis. In effect, it’s a type of flexible working that specifically refers to the location...
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