HR & Employment Law Insights

Our team provide outsourced HR services and HR support across Scotland. We work remotely, with satellite offices in Edinburgh, Livingston, Fife, Dundee and London. We know this is a very difficult time for many businesses and we’re making it our goal to continue to...

We have applied to become an Employer Representative to help support businesses create new job placements for 16 to 24-year olds who are currently unemployed. I attended a webinar on Thursday where the Department of Work and Pensions provided more information on the...

“Time is money” It’s a core tenet passed on by entrepreneurs from generation to generation. Yet, we often find ourselves struggling for deadlines and ultimatums that we either set on ourselves or are imposed on us by venture capitalists. This is especially true for...

Do you have a Winter People Plan? If not, it's time to put this in place. Temperatures have dropped which means usual winter stresses are just around the corner. However, the cost of living crisis and the constant uncertainty on a weekly basis has added to many...

Further guidance for the Job Retention Bonus is now available from HRMC. It includes information about how you can check if your employees are eligible. It also gives advice on when you can claim the bonus. You’ll be able to claim a one-off payment of £1,000 for every...

The Chancellor’s update on Friday outlined temporary support to businesses whose premises have been legally required to close due to covid-19 restrictions. In addition, this includes the expansion of Job Support Scheme. Under this expansion, affected businesses will...

Following Pauline Donnelly joining the team, we’re happy to now be operating outsourced HR services West Lothian, Falkirk, and M8/M9 corridor. Our Livingston office is based at Fairways Business Park. Pauline joined us on Monday 17 August as an HR Consultant, bringing...

You might be thinking about making redundancies in your organisation. Despite Covid-19 and the impact this is having on the economy, you must still comply with UK employment legislation when making staff redundant. We have recently shared details with you on how to...

Our social conscience is something that is very important in our business. We are passionate about the social impact we make. As a small business we don’t have the financial resources to help worthwhile causes as much as we’d like. In addition, we try to help in other...

The cycle to work scheme can be a great way for you to encourage your team to work in a healthier way. Since lockdown began, more and more people have been taking up cycling. Furthermore, as lockdown restrictions start to lift and people return to work, there’s a...

Last week, we shared general guidance on how to recall employees back from furlough. We are seeing more and more businesses do this. In addition, in Scotland we know lockdown restrictions will be in place for at least another 3 weeks, businesses are making plans to...

In the previous article we discussed how to make redundancies, and today we are looking at a Redundancy Consultation in more depth. If you are at this stage, you've decided that terminating jobs is your only option. You will have also sent out your redundancy plan,...

Over the past few weeks, you will have been considering various options within your business. We all want to know what the government’s exit strategy for lockdown looks like, as this will help determine some of the decisions you need to make. The focus for business...