HR & Employment Law Insights

An employee engagement survey provides you with honest feedback and a clear measure of your employee's engagement. It also offers data needed to resolve issues to create a happier and healthier workplace. It's important to complete these surveys regularly throughout...

It’s not out of the ordinary for Edinburgh to command attention this time of year with the Fringe Comedy festival in full force. Hilarious, exciting, captivating are usually the words used to describe the city in August. Unfortunately, rubbish was on the top of...

The Supreme Court ruled last week that part-year workers are entitled to 5.6 weeks' statutory holiday pay in the case of Harpur Trust V Brazel. The ruling meant that any staff who have a part-year or term time only contract, should have their holiday pay calculated...

With the Great Resignation showing no signs of slowing down, boomerang employees has become a popular trend for 2022. A boomerang employee is a member of staff who is returning to a job or business they previously left.   There are many reasons why an employee...

I joined The HR Booth in March 2022 as an outsourced HR Assistant whilst finishing University. I first reached out to Alistair at The HR Booth in 2021 whilst finishing my 3rd year and was looking to make connections in the HR world. I wished to peruse a career in HR...

The Department for Work and Pensions have introduced new rules to the fit note procedure. From 1st July 2022, pharmacists, nurses, occupational therapists, and physiotherapists can now legally certify fit notes. This was something that only doctors were able to do up...

We recently read about an NHS Nurse who won an unfair dismissal claim after they were sacked for being off too much. The tribunal found that the nurse suffers with migraines, depression, and anxiety which are considered disabilities. The tribunal also found evidence...

The first case of Monkeypox was detected in Scotland on Monday. As the virus spreads throughout the country, businesses are becoming increasingly concerned about their employees and workplace. Companies have already had to adapt over the last two years and are worried...

A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that HR advice for small business is unnecessary. However, small businesses face a lot of demands when growing their company and can benefit from support from a HR Consultant. No matter the size of your company, hiring and...

Our HR Consultants Glasgow team have expanded at a rapid rate over the last couple of years so we can offer even more HR support within the Glasgow area and beyond.   We already support a lot of clients throughout Glasgow with their HR and recruitment needs and...

As business owners, we've all had to adapt and change in order to comply with constant restrictions and government enforced employment law changes over the past 2 years. One thing that may have been overlooked is HR policies for small businesses UK. In addition, we...

P&O Ferries have made the news a lot lately due to mass sacking and safety allegations. The first scandal broke earlier in the year that 800 employees were made redundant without any warning by the medium of a 3-minute pre-recorded video. As part of this short...

Skills Development Scotland have launched a flexible workforce development fund that's available to all Scottish employers. The main purpose of the fund is to help businesses in Scotland to up-skill and also re-skill their staff.There are currently 3 different routes...

Many of our HR experts recently completed their FAA Mental Health First Aider training. The SCQF level 6 qualification course looks at mental health conditions and gives insight in to the wide range of therapy and support available. When sharing this news to our...

Diversity & Inclusion is important in business. A workplace with a wide range of people from different backgrounds and cultures is crucial to achieving a successful, happy, and healthy environment in your business. No only will you gain variety of point of views...