Human Resources

My blog last week was about recruitment of staff in order to meet the rising demand for Homecare during winter time. I somehow managed to make recruitment sound easy and…

In the UK, sickness absence costs businesses £600 per year per employee. according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. That is an average figure but, if it’s true…

As a student, I once spent a day as the guest of the owner (no less) of a New Jersey Department store. The suit came out of my backpack and,…

Employers are vulnerable to receiving “discrimination questionnaires”.  Individuals who feel they have been victims of discrimination can send a questionnaire to their would-have-been, actual or past employer to gather evidence…

Stop, look, listen. We know we can cross the railway line at these points; anywhere else and we could be committing a criminal offence. The teacher who seduces a pupil…

My colleague recently asked me to deal with a post-resignation grievance that she had received from an employee who had just left her Residential care home. I wrote out to…

Employees who claim they were sick while on holiday may ask to take the holiday at another time. You will not necessarily have to allow it, but the rules are…

In my experience, the best way to resolve a complaint is quickly. When one of my clients contacts me wanting to make a formal complaint, I respond directly to them,…