Put a Halt to Inappropriate Behaviour

11 / 01 / 2016

Over the past few days the behaviour of West Indies Batman Chris Gayle has been under scrutiny following his ‘wildly inappropriate’ and ‘out of line’ remarks to a female news reporter. Ten Sport’s Mel McLaughlin approached him for an interview after his innings for the Melbourne Renegades against the Hobart Hurricaines. Responding to Ms Mclaughlin’s questions on his approach to...

The Heart of Matter

08 / 01 / 2016

During the 1950s research carried out into the health of bus drivers and conductors found that bus drivers were twice as likely to suffer a heart attack as bus conductors. Our sedentary lifestyles haven’t improved over the last 60 years and if anything they’ve become worse. In 2011 a further study showed that on average UK adults spend 50-60% of...

Auto-enrolment Pensions – What’s Going On?

06 / 01 / 2016

Starting a couple of years ago, a phased introduction of compulsory pension provision by employers for employees is being rolled out. Smaller employers now need to think about it and start taking some actions. The first action is to find out your staging date (see here: http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/employers/staging-date.aspx). This is the date by which you need to have something in place...

January Blues to Optimistic Yellows

04 / 01 / 2016

Welcome back! I hope you had a great Christmas and you’re raring to go. No? More roaring to stay under the duvet and go back to sleep ....... and I entirely sympathise. The shock of coming back to work after Christmas, especially when saddled with a few well-meaning resolutions, can be tough. For some, the resolutions didn’t even get as...

Vacation Request

24 / 12 / 2015

Dear Reader, Having dealt with some fairly tough stuff all year (and this one’s been no exception) we usually make our last blog of the year a bit amusing ........ I came across this link and it raised a smile in the office. If you manage to get your holiday form filled out, we all hope that you have a...