Embracing Britain’s Multiculturalism
10 / 01 / 2013
Gone are the days when almost everyone who walked our streets had the same colour skin, similar backgrounds and faiths, and the same ideology. In large cities and towns, the ethnicity ratio has rocketed in recent years. Just before Christmas, a report came out that said that just 45% of Londoners are White British, a figure that’s dropped from 58%...
Hiring Your 2013 Talent
09 / 01 / 2013
At this time of year, (once you have caught up with the back-log of post-Christmas mania) many businesses will begin to roll up their sleeves and organise their recruitment activities for the forthcoming year. Successful organisations have a thorough recruitment and selection process. Finding the right talent is tricky, but putting aside some time and resources to design a process...
Further investigations in discipline
08 / 01 / 2013
Dismissal is the act of last resort and it is incumbent upon an employer to check all the facts before taking a decision. This includes carrying out further investigations which would tend to support the explanation of an employee accused of gross misconduct. Unlike the criminal world of Morse and Lewis who have to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt, all...
Grasping the nettle
07 / 01 / 2013
Managing people is one of the hardest jobs. Styles in management change and over time we’ve moved from a highly autocratic ‘tell’ style (as seen in last night’s entertaining programme Mr Selfridge) to a much more consultative approach. But managers still have a duty to ensure that employees know about the company’s standards and abide by them. It’s not always...
Redundancy During Maternity Leave
13 / 12 / 2012
Recently we have been advising on a reorganisation at a client’s workplace. The client is proposing to offer enhanced terms to volunteers. One of the employees is on maternity leave. The employee in question is being informed of the changes and involved in the consultation. The general rule is that if an employee’s position is made redundant during her period...