Fighting Fires Without Burning Bridges
11 / 11 / 2015
When conflicts and disputes arise, the majority of companies are ill equipped to deal with them in a timely and efficient way so that escalation and rising costs are the norm. Fighting Fires Take the following story as an example: An IT company struggles to find the right fit for a new Sales Director. In the interim Deirdre the Sales...
Chelsea FC Faces Constructive Unfair Dismissal Claim
09 / 11 / 2015
Over the last week we have heard that Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho may be the subject of an individual legal claim from former Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro. Dr Carneiro was the former doctor of Chelsea football club. During a match against Swansea at Stamford Bridge on 8th August Dr Carneiro went to the aid of Eden Hazard after the...
Telecoms and Teamwork
06 / 11 / 2015
This week Russell HR Consulting opened three temporary satellite offices. Costa in Stony Stratford High Street, Kirsty’s house and my house. While one person remained in the office manning the phones, the rest of us took up our positions elsewhere to keep the wheels of commerce running and answering our clients’ queries. So why were we seized with this apparent...
New Guidance for Workplace Investigations
02 / 11 / 2015
Last week the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS),released guidance on how to conduct workplace investigations. An investigation should establish the facts. It is not usually part of the formal discipline because no sanction will be awarded as a direct outcome. The need for a fact find arises when there is alleged misconduct but it must also take place...
Britain Is The Sixth Best Country In The World to Start a Business: So Where Do The Opportunities Fall?
30 / 10 / 2015
The news that the UK is the top country in the G7 for starting a new business (one ahead of the US and one off the Prime Minister’s target of a top five place) shows how changed the British workplace has become. Not that long ago commercial life was dominated by large industrial employers, public sector organisations and the commercial...