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Unconscious bias

Even the most well-meaning of professionals can suffer from unintentional, but deeply engrained, affinity bias. And considering modern business lif...

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Company policies required by law (UK)

Policies play an important role in outlining an organisation’s approach to various HR matters. A business policy defines your mission, from within whi...

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Performance Related Pay

Performance related pay (PRP) is a way of rewarding staff for hard work in their role. Many businesses use it rather than simply giving staff extra mo...

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Restrictive covenants employee rights

When an employee leaves an organisation, some employers may wish to place a restriction on their employment activities for a period of time. Restricti...

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Coping with depression at work

Following the increase in mental health awareness in the modern business world, it’s important you understand the signs of depressed employees at work...

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Statutory maternity pay for the self-employed

So you understand statutory maternity pay is for your employees, but what if you use self-employed staff members? Do you pay them the same or are ther...

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Redundancy payments

If your business closes or you need to reduce the number of employees working in your business, it is likely that you'll need to make the affected emp...

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Difficult conversations in the workplace

From time to time, it’s inevitable you’ll need to have a difficult conversation at work. This may be to explain to an employee why they’ll miss out on...

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Piece work rates and work laws

With the traditional 9-5 employer and employee relationship evolving year on year, it’s no surprise that the way you pay your staff will also change. ...

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Coping with depression at work

Following the increase in mental health awareness in the modern business world, it’s important you understand the signs of depressed employees at work...

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Nepotism at work (UK)

You may have heard complaints about favouritism at work in the business world, when one employee receives preferential treatment over the rest. And...

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Exit interview questions

When an employee leaves your business, you shouldn’t treat the experience as a negative one. You can learn from their departure to make your business ...

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Alternative dispute resolution

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) can be an effective and confidential way of resolving disputes between you and members of your staff. The term...

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Common problems at work

When you run a business, you’ll inevitably have issues with your daily operations or employees. Some of the dilemmas may be relatively harmless, while...

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Breastfeeding at work

Your employees have rights with regards to looking after their newborn at your business. There are also specific laws you have to respect for new m...

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Resignations

It’s an inevitability of business life—employees will, from time to time, resign. And it can be difficult to deal with if they’re an effective member ...

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Performing an HR audit

Conducting an HR audit on personal data is significant for organisations in ensuring compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). An...

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Outdoor working temperature regulations (UK)

Temperatures in a working environment may seem like an irrelevant topic, but it’s an important consideration as part of your health & safety regul...

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What is discrimination by perception?

Most employers will understand that discrimination is a term used to describe unfair treatment based on one of nine protected characteristics laid dow...

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Collective agreements guide

It’s a legal requirement to state whether there’s a collective agreement in place when writing your employees’ contracts. In this guide, we cover h...

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