Think Twice Before You Tweet…

26 / 11 / 2012

Twitter is a relatively new social media platform; most of us probably hadn’t even heard of it five years ago. Yet with all the furore in the media at the moment, it’s probably fair to say that most of the UK population will have become aware of what it is, and the risk you run if you repeat unfounded gossip....

The Social Media Sandstorm

20 / 11 / 2012

The number of problems that arise from the use of social media has, in recent years, increased dramatically. Facebook now has over 900 million users; more than 500 million people are said to be tweeting and over 100 million professionals are connecting with each other on Linked-In. Every day more and more users of all ages and walks of life...

Laying Down The Law On Cyber-Bullying

24 / 10 / 2012

Last week the case of Canadian school girl Amanda Todd, who committed suicide after years of cyber bullying, was all over the media, and serves as a sad reminder of how hurtful online abuse can be and how quickly it can escalate out of control. Nowadays, most of us spend more and more time online. Inevitably, issues of associated abuse...

Dismissal For A First Offence

12 / 09 / 2012

It is an unfortunate fact of being a manager that at some point in your career you will most likely have to deal with a situation involving dismissing an employee. There are potentially five fair reasons for dismissal: conduct, capability, redundancy, some other substantial reason, or a reason in statue. When determining if a dismissal is fair, a tribunal will...

Avoiding The Need For Redundancy

10 / 09 / 2012

With the effects of the recession still biting, it comes as no surprise that many businesses are still looking at cost-reductions, downsizing and re-organisation. Redundancy has been much discussed in the media in recent years and everyone has been – or knows someone who has been - affected by the credit crunch at some point. Redundancy is the act of...