Good Morning Vietnam!

01 / 05 / 2009

Welcome to the first blog entry from Russell HR Consulting’s Practice Manager, Natasha. Tash has just returned from a trip to Vietnam and Hong Kong, sporting a fab suntan (and a lot of white tops) and a store of traveler’s tales. Over to Tash............ We traveled to Vietnam in early April not really knowing what to expect and worrying excessively...

Russell HR's Plans For Expansion......

22 / 04 / 2009

As business continues to grow and we haven’t yet found a cloning machine for Kate – we are looking to expand our team! We would be keen to hear from HR generalists, who would like to join our team on a flexible part -time basis, initially for a fixed term contract of three months. The successful applicant will have some...

Hold the Front Page! Paperboy Appeals Against Unfair Dismissal Decision.

16 / 04 / 2009

Here’s an interesting case spotted in the Times Online last week. Kentish paperboy Myles Bebbington is 15. He was paid £2.50 a day, for half an hour’s work starting at 7am, and was given £2.50 extra if he worked seven days a week. When the owner of the papershop asked him to start his shift at 6.30am, Myles’s mother complained....

Ginger Consultation Takes the Biscuit

10 / 04 / 2009

Breaking news that the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform was launching a consultation on discrimination against ginger haired people sent employment lawyers scurrying for information last week. Law firm Wake Smith & Tofields sent out the law bulletin saying the Government was consulting on “gingerism” as an extension of equality laws. Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock was cited...

Getting Better (Attendance)

09 / 04 / 2009

This story about managing attendance was sent to us by one of our business contacts. It tickled us, so we thought it worth a mention. “ My in-laws run a limited company which is largely funded through public grants, and due to the nature of its activities has a high proportion of former public sector workers. One of the managers...