Office Hygiene...
24 / 03 / 2016
You may or may not think it strange but Sheffield University have recently put up signs to show students how to use their toilets. I thought it was an early April Fool’s joke but rather awfully, it is not. The University’s toilets were constantly being left in an awful state with students staying that they are ‘pretty disgusting’ and the...
Dismissal Because of Pregnancy
22 / 03 / 2016
All employees have the right not to be treated less favourably on grounds of a protected characteristic. There are nine protected characteristics: age, race, religion and belief, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage, disability, and gender reassignment. Treating an employee (or even candidate at recruitment stage) less favourably because of a protected characteristic is unlawful in the UK. This...
Non-prescription Drugs in the Workplace
17 / 03 / 2016
On March 7th at the Australian Open Maria Sharapova, world number seven tennis seed, announced that she had tested positive for Melodonuim use. The drug, which is also known as Mildronate, had been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency on the 1st January 2016. Melodonuim is only distributed in Baltic countries. America and the rest of Europe does not authorise...
Distractions in the Workplace
10 / 03 / 2016
How efficient are you? The chances are that you reckon you’re doing OK in that department. But do you? a) list the five or six really important tasks that must be done before you go home today (this should be done the night before incidentally so you can hit the deck running next morning) and b) do you have processes...
Will Employees Ruin Your Branding?
08 / 03 / 2016
Some people seem to revel in finding ways of exploiting processes and technology to get into trouble. If the aforementioned people are your employees, you will probably get dragged into it too. It’s never been easier to have a public voice (even when what’s being said isn’t really worth hearing) and there have been many cases of employees sniping at...