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...
Graduates can be a valuable member of your team as they offer a fresh perspective on the working world. In addition, it's important to get your recruitment message right when attracting graduates. It's time to think like a candidate and put things in place to attract...
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...
There will be an extra bank holiday on 3rd June 2022 to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee. The late May bank holiday has been moved to 2nd June to give some workers a four-day weekend. We are already receiving a few questions from businesses asking if...
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...
It's officially Pride Month. And, while you may not think this hugely relevant to your business, you might be surprised. It's important you learn about ways you can support LGBT + employees. We would hope that your business is one of the many in the UK that fully...
Blue Monday is on 16th January and many of us are thinking of ways to improve mental health in the workplace. You can understand why it might be a difficult time for some. Post-Christmas, the midst of winter, dark nights… it all builds a gloomy picture. In addition,...
It’s likely that you usually see a rise in unplanned absence over the Christmas period. Of course, it’s winter, so colds and other illnesses are more common and mental health can become worse. But what do you do if you suspect that people are pulling sickies to finish...
A popular supermarket chain recently announced they will no longer pay full Statutory Sickness Pay to employees who need to isolate due to Covid-19 if they haven't been vaccinated. This has caused a lot of controversy with unions saying it's unlawful. This has also...
We are proud to announce that we have become accredited as a Living Wage employer. The Living Wage commitment will see everyone receive at least a minimum hourly wage of £12.60 per hour. This hourly rate is significantly higher than the government minimum for over...
We're delighted to welcome Rachel Brown to our team. Rachel joined us last month as HR Advisor and has spent her first weeks meeting with our other HR experts, getting to know our systems and processes, and even supporting some of our clients. Rachel has been in HR...