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What is the living wage and how is it calculated?

What is the living wage and how is it calculated?

We get asked HR related questions every day and each week we will be sharing our top question of the week that we have been asked here at The HR Booth. In this week’s question of the week, Alistair discusses the National Living Wage. Question We have just increased...

Build Customer Loyalty with Interactive Products Training

Build Customer Loyalty with Interactive Products Training

Every day, thousands of companies are looking for new ways to improve their efficiency and capabilities of their staff. New and improved technology is increasing at a phenomenal rate. Some people have a great ability to learn these new programs and upgrades, but not...

How to Make Sure that Sick Pay Doesn’t Become Sick Leave

How to Make Sure that Sick Pay Doesn’t Become Sick Leave

People get ill all of the time but you need to make sure your staff aren’t abusing any sick pay benefits you offer. According to the latest research, the average UK worker is absent from work for 8.4 days a year, costing businesses around £12 billion, which works out...

Employees Responsibility to keep Corporate Data Secure

Employees Responsibility to keep Corporate Data Secure

Keep your corporate data secure by talking to your staff and training them on its importance. Nearly a quarter of employees believe that corporate data security is not their responsibility. A survey conducted in 2014 by Absolute Software found that 23% of employees...

What can I write in an employee reference?

What can I write in an employee reference?

An employee reference is an important part of the employment process. With this in mind, employers should make the effort to write a reference and provide accurate and informative feedback when doing so. Providing a reference is a professional courtesy that...

Why HR Has a Data Driven Culture

Why HR Has a Data Driven Culture

Data plays a key role in helping HR departments make important business decisions across all areas. Over the years, human resources have become increasingly data driven. HR departments now collect and analyse data from a wide range of sources in order to make...