CA Reject Morrison Vicarious Liability Appeal

24 / 10 / 2018

It is the nightmare scenario that could affect any business – and potentially close it. You have taken all the right and proper steps to protect the personal data by the company, but a rogue employee breaches all your rules and you end up liable not only for the costs of correcting that employee’s wrongdoing, but for providing compensation for...

Managing With a Growth Mind Set

17 / 10 / 2018

I found out about “fixed” and “growth” mind-sets a few years ago when I was dealing with an employee who was really fantastic in every way but one. She was scared to make mistakes and so she couldn’t learn to trust her judgement. In consequence, although she was more than capable of learning she didn’t have the nerve to apply...

Employee Accountability

10 / 10 / 2018

Requiring employees to be accountable for their work and conduct is critical to their success and that of your business. A lack of accountability sends a message to the rest of your staff that lower standards are OK – and that’s not true. The rest of the team will start to resent the low-performing employee (and you) because they have...

Bribery at Work

03 / 10 / 2018

You may well have joked that you’d do anything for a piece of chocolate/glass of wine/ week in the sun (whatever it might be) but the chances are that if required to do so you would only do what was lawful and reasonable. In other words, you wouldn’t take or offer a bribe. Just as well. Bribery is a serious...

What is the Reasonable Employer?

27 / 09 / 2018

This year I have had to deal with more incredibly unreasonable employees than at any time in my 30 year career in HR. I have never come across such shameless case making. And since the repeal of the tribunal fees applications to tribunal have exploded. Numbers are up 165% on last year’s figures. Looks like the mad, bad and frivolous...