IR35: off-payroll working – a guide for employers
IR35 – How will upcoming changes to off-payroll working, coming into effect in April 2021, impact on employers?
Emily Errington
COVID-19: How to carry out a remote collective redundancy consultation
What should employers consider when undertaking remote collective redundancy consultation in the context of the coronavirus? Here are our practical HR tips.
How do we prepare millennials for leadership roles?
Generation Y employees, or ‘millennials’ (those born between the early 1980s and 2000), are now starting to move into leadership positions and will eventually outnumber the managers from earlier generations (Generation X, born between 1965 and 1980, and the Baby Boomers, born between 1946 and 1964). This transition will inevitably lead to a change in … Read more
Can your dress code at work policy ban religious, political or philosophical symbols?
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently ruled that in the case of Samira Achbita versus G4S it was not discriminatory to dismiss Achbita as a result of her wearing headscarves at work. In this article we consider what the ECJ said and how it may affect your dress code at work policy. How did … Read more
Tackling poor employee timekeeping
We have all, at some point, been late for work. There will always be occasions where something happens, out of our control, which prevents us from arriving to work on time. However, when an employee is regularly late for work, at best, this can be frustrating but, at worst it can have a detrimental impact … Read more
The first tribunal decision on shared parental leave
Shared parental leave and pay was introduced to help parents have more flexibility in how they care for their child in his/her first year. It was introduced to enable the mother and her partner to share the leave and pay so long as the partner meets certain eligibility requirements. More information on shared parental leave … Read more
The Trade Union Act 2016 Explained
The government announced a series of modernising reforms to the rules on industrial action in 2015. Welcome to the Trade Union Bill, which received royal assent on 4 May 2016 to become the Trade Union Act 2016. By tabling this new legislation, the government sought to strike a balance between upholding the ability to strike … Read more
Employment status: employed or self-employed?
New ways of working, including the gig-economy, has led to confusion over the employment status of workers. Here’s how to determine the employment status of your workforce.
Performance coaching – getting the most from your team
Performance coaching is a day to day management tool that can be used by leaders, supervisors and managers to enhance their employees’ performance and enable them to get the most from their teams. What is coaching? The aim of coaching is to bring about high performance and improvement at work. It can be used to … Read more
