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We hope you enjoy the wide range of blog articles featured. We cover a wide range of topics including HR best practices, employment law updates, recruitment strategies, employee engagement, tips for effective people management, and addressing people challenges to help businesses navigate their HR needs with confidence.

What Makes Someone An Engaging Leader?

Leadership and Engagement - why is this important? What are you doing to develop your managers? Are they representing leadership from the front? Gallup have conducted research into employee engagement over 30 years. Gallup's Q12 survey is also considered the most...

5 Effective Ways to Streamline Recruitment for Small Businesses

Hiring mistakes are expensive, especially for a small business. If your business is growing and you are looking to expand your team, it is important to approach the recruitment process in the right way. Work on streamlining and improving your recruitment strategies so...

How to avoid discrimination in recruitment

On the third day of Christmas, my manager said to me… I don’t want to hire those 3 French hens This statement has got discrimination written all over it! This manager doesn't want to hire someone because they're female (or at least that's what the local Fifers' refer...

Pet Bereavement Leave – Should Employees be allowed Leave when a Pet Dies?

After the news that a woman lost her job the same day her pet had passed away, we have been asking ourselves, should all employees be allowed bereavement leave to grieve the death of a pet? Emma was given the ultimatum of finding cover or losing her job. In addition,...

What is Occupational Health?

Occupational Health looks at the relationship between the workplace and health. Furthermore, this also focuses on the individual concerned as a patient and an employee. As part of our occupational health Glasgow, Fife and Scotland service, we can support you to help...

Working From Home by Ben Hugh

Whether you call it teleworking, telecommuting, or remote work, working from home is a growing alternative for businesses. However, why are some employees and employers opting for work-from-home arrangements?. What are the advantages? What are some of the job you can...

Overcoming Period Stigma in the Workplace

Period has been a Taboo word since the beginning of time. In addition, no one wants to or feels comfortable to talk about it. Organisations such as Developing People Globally are opening up the conversation to break down the taboo and tackle period stigma in the...

What is Breathe HR?

We are delighted to announce that The HR Booth are now Breathe HR Software Gold Partners. We have been implementing this service for a while now where we have provided helpful online HR admin tool to our clients. When HR administration is not handled in the most easy...

How Does Google Jobs Work?

The internet is changing rapidly and it's important as a business owner to continue to grow with this development. Google has launched their new jobs function to help you take control of your own recruitment. Furthermore, this can be a great way to achieve direct...

Top Ten Things to Consider When Outsourcing Your HR Function

One of the things we get asked is when and how you should outsourcing HR UK. There’s no right or wrong reason as to when – you might be a start up, or you may employ 50 or more staff. It’s really up to you in terms of what you want HR to be in your business.Here are...

3 Essential Steps to Effective Absence Management

According to the CIPD Annual Survey Report, absence levels and the cost of absence are down. In fact, the average level of employee absence is at 6.6 days per employee. Although the causes of absence remain unchanged – including minor illness, stress, and acute mental...

7 Steps on how to to conduct a fair disciplinary hearing

A disciplinary hearing is sadly one of the most common aspects of HR that we get asked about. As you start to grow your business, your team will grow too. This leads to a likely possibility that you may experience some unforeseen challenges with your employees that...

How will Brexit affect business in the UK?

I think we can all agree that it has been a shocking week in Parliament. With Theresa May losing the vote for her proposed Brexit deal for a second time, this has caused continued uncertainty and distress for many of us. You might be fed up hearing about Brexit, and...

Adverse Weather Policy: Prepare Your Business for Disruptions

With regular reports of the polar vortex hitting the UK by the end of the month, it leaves us asking, what does this mean for my business? Do I need an adverse weather policy? If the reports are correct, this will be the coldest January to date. This increases the...

How to plan your work Christmas party – Expert Tips

Christmas in the Workplace With the Christmas season just around the corner, lots of businesses are thinking about their Christmas nights out. We’re not the HR police, and we love a night out as much as anyone, but we don’t want to see you suffering a hangover...

Adverse Weather Policy – is your business prepared?

As we approach December, we are bracing ourselves for the snow and ice to suddenly appear. In addition, It's important you have an adverse weather policy in place to prepare for this. The events of the adverse weather from March is fresh in our minds, and as the...

8 Employee Handbook Template Tips

Your employee handbook template is more than a resource employees will leave on their desks for years to come. It’s more than a recitation of basic staff rights and responsibilities too. In fact, it’s also a way to set forth your policies and expectations. Most...

Why Training and Development Saves Money

Training and Development Training and development can be one of the most neglected aspects in management. Most employers onboard staff and set them free in the workforce. This leaves them with the burden of development, advancement, and more. There’s just one problem...

The Advantages of Having an Effective Employee Benefits Scheme

Watch our video about Employee BenefitsYou may have seen this in the news last week, but Scottish employment is at an all time high and unemployment is at it’s lowest rate in 25 years. All good news for people looking for work. However, it does create a challenge for...

New Appointments At The HR Booth | HR Support

Our team has experienced a lot of changes in the last couple of months. This started with an emotional goodbye to the wonderful John Allan who has recently retired from providing HR support. John has made a significant contribution over the years and we know our...

Onsite Childcare – Can I Open A Crèche In My Business?

Onsite childcare is rare in the UK. However, this could be great to help families who are facing the challenge of balancing childcare and work life. This can be an ideal solution to retain great staff, as well as help your team to balance their work and home life more...