Another Student Joins Russell HR Consulting Office
15 / 07 / 2009
Following on from our previous blog entry, we have had the pleasure of working with another HR Management student from Northampton University Business school, Lisa Molina. Not only did Lisa bring a bright and happy smile to the office every morning - she also cooked us one of her national dishes and brought it in for us all to try!...
Summer 2009 Student Work Experience
19 / 06 / 2009
During Summer 2009, Russell HR Consulting have offered students of Northampton University Business School an opportunity to come in and work with Kate and the team on a work experience programme. During the Summer we’ll be asking our students for their views on what they have learnt during their time with us and putting entries on our blog. Our first...
The One That Got Away From The Big Fish!
09 / 06 / 2009
We’ve heard a lot about executive bonuses in recent months. Most recipients have retained their bonuses. However, in a case called Gibb v Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, the High Court decided that a compensation payment agreed by the NHS Trust with a departing chief executive was "irrationally generous" and therefore beyond the Trust's legal powers. Consequently, the Trust...
Seminar To Support Willen Hospice
26 / 05 / 2009
Back in March, the team at Russell HR Consulting teamed up with partners, Safety Management Ltd to give our clients an update on legislative changes which would affect their businesses in the coming months. Kate gave an update on the then imminent Employment Law changes which came into force in April 2009 and Steve Packer, our partner at Safety Management...
Employment Law Case Study - Out Of The Woods
11 / 05 / 2009
This is one of the nastiest cases I have had to deal with in 10 years. Behind the scenes an employee was being instructed by someone who knows a good deal about employment law in a deliberate attempt to relieve her employer of large sums of money. We specialise in handling grievances, so the company called us to help out....