Changing the rules on conduct
18 / 01 / 2013
Can bad boys turn good? It can happen and there are a few well-known examples to prove it (think Matthew McConaughey, Colin Farrell and Robert Downey Junior). Can Barclays shake off the bad-boy days of Bob Diamond and clean up its act? It’s certainly giving it a try. In the last few days Barclays has announced that its new Chief...
Religion and the Dress Code
17 / 01 / 2013
Nadia Eweida, Shirley Chaplin, Gary McFarlane and Lillian Ladele are four names that you might have become accustomed to hearing if you’ve been keeping up to speed with employment law events in the debate over religious belief in the workplace over the last few months. The four Christians had brought cases against the UK government for not protecting their rights....
It’s All About People
16 / 01 / 2013
As a HR consultancy, a large aspect of our job involves helping clients to deal with the people management of their organisations. We quite often tackle issues relating to poor performance and competence, but often it’s the attitude of employees, both in dealing with customers and other co-workers, that’s the most common problem. In businesses that revolve around providing a...
Major shake-up in state pension proposed
14 / 01 / 2013
In recent years the Government has – rightly in my view – been increasingly concerned that people have made inadequate provisions for their old age. A combination of wanting to have it all now and rising process have made us less prudent and less willing to invest in our old age. Employers have perforce been required to administer and now...
How to deliver successful training in the workplace
11 / 01 / 2013
This week, with New Year’s Resolutions firmly to the fore, we have been taking our trainees through the process of learning how to review and update important employment documents like terms of employment and employee handbooks. Paperwork, as it is collectively referred to in our office, is bread-and-butter work. It is not difficult but it is a bit disjointed, time-consuming...