Human Resources

Fake Britain Having watched a recent episode of ‘Fake Britain’, I was amazed to see just how easy it is to obtain a ‘fake reference’ and to observe how this…

Research confirms that a serious proportion (nearly 20%) of new employees fail to get beyond their probationary period. They fail because of poor performance, absence, punctuality or personality clashes. Recruitment…

Nonagenarians calling desperately for the toilet or harassed care staff dealing roughly with an obstreperous human being, grab our attention. But they do nothing for the reputation of the care…

How many words are there in your employee handbook? A recent article in May’s edition of People Management highlighted the Employee Handbook for Fashion Retailer Nordstrom – it contains just…

David Moyes sacked! The papers stated this would happen, and it did! Would it be classed ‘OK’ for an employee to find out they were to be dismissed before it…

In a recent case involving Peacock Stores, employees were able to claim far more in redundancy pay than the Stores had originally envisaged. A lack of consistency in approach to…

In recent years Britains employees have been in the headlines for working some of the longest hours in Europe.  A survey from StepStone and totaljobs.com in June 2013, showed that…

The “right to request flexible working”  extends  to all employees (with 26 weeks service) from 6th April 2014. Examples of flexible working are fewer days or hours, adjusted start or…