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Getting the Right People: Managing your workforce

on Getting the right people with the right mix of competence (skill, knowledge and experience) into your manufacturing business, is arguably one of the most difficult challenges management teams face.  Especially when you consider the fact this needs to be achieved whilst developing, sustaining and maintaining it as a valuable workforce. We often hear the debate Read More...

Abolition of Employment Tribunal Fees

on Following a recent Supreme Court ruling on an appeal lodged by Unison, the fees for industrial tribunals introduced on 2013 have been reversed.  Since 2013 claimants had to pay a fee to submit a claim, which resulted in 70% reduction in the number of claims in the three years to 2016.  The Supreme court has Read More...

Big Brother can watch you

on Employers are legally entitled to read private messages sent by their employees at work and use them as grounds for dismissal. A ruling on 12th January by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found in favour of a firm who’d presented Yahoo Messenger chat transcripts as evidence in their case against a sacked worker. Read More...

Developing and Maintaining Staff

on A travel company were plagued with high staff turnover and low pay, which lead to a high level of disruption as the company recruited, trained and then lost experienced staff. A review of the employment trends in the area and also within the travel industry, led to a change of attitude. A staff exit process Read More...

Recruitment in an Industry Undergoing Radical Change

on This NHS multiple site GP practice in Norfolk required advice to re-define the business manager role. They needed to recruit the right person, someone with a successful track record in business and with proven profit responsibility. This person also had to be capable of steering the practice during a period of radical change within the Read More...

When is a Resignation a Resignation?

on We all know in HR that employment law can be complex, especially when lawyers became involved. It’s what they do, right? Well, you also have to accept employment law is not all about EU directives and more bureaucracy.  It exists because there are still too many unreasonable employers out there who choose not to treat Read More...

Employing My First Employee…

on You have now got to the point you need to think about employing and trusting someone else to help you grow the business. The realisation that you cannot create the 28 hour day, means you have to now take on another responsibility – a member of staff. A few considerations: Do I need full-time or Read More...

Improving HR Processes in a GP Practice

on This large practice located in North Norfolk wished to address some key issues regarding performance improvement, sickness absence, and management of staff. The increasing pressure to absorb increased workload work from the NHS, improve services, and control costs meant the practice had to review employment terms, as well as manage more effectively. Support was provided Read More...

Travel Agency Contracts Reviewed and Changed

on Large regional travel agency needed to review employment contracts, terms and conditions and prepare a new range of compliant and best practice policies from Equality to Harassment. All contracts were revised and implemented to comply with latest employment practice and regulations, setting up ease of access on the company’s extranet using “easy find” links. A Read More...