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Are you treating a concern raised by an employee in the right way?   A whistleblower is an employee who reports a certain kind of wrong doing usually in the work place, the law does protect whistleblowers but doesn’t provide any protection for a grievance. The recent case of Chesterton Global Ltd v Nurmohamed has […]

I think we need to invest time in learning and evolving every day.  We don’t know everything about everything and we don’t know what challenges we will face today, tomorrow or the next day. In a work context, managers are often focused on the day job and “don’t have time” to get involved in HR. […]

Those of us keeping an eye on “family friendly” rights will know there have been many changes in recent years, perhaps the most notable being the introduction of shared parental leave from 5 April 2015. Parents of babies born after that date can share a maximum 37 weeks statutory shared parental pay (ShPP) entitlement between […]

I love collaborating with others.  I really do.  In the words of Jack Johnson,  I think we’re “better together”. This week, I have: 1. Set up a strategy day next week with some fab lawyers to work out what we can offer to each others’ clients; 2. Arranged for another law firm to allow us […]

How many temporary staff do you have in your School? Do you know when to use a temporary contract? Do you renew or extend temporary contracts? A fixed-term contract (often referred to as temporary contracts) is a contract of employment that states how and when it will end. This is generally on the expiry of […]

Please write stuff down. If you manage staff, issues are going to arise from time to time and you are going to need to rely on things that have been said or done before.  It’s so frustrating when you know what happened but you can’t prove it, isn’t it? Some managers are excellent at making […]

  Anyone that knows me will know that I’m both; I’m very protective of my clients and will fiercely defend them if I need to…..but sometimes I urge them to take a step back and avoid the fight.   It’s not a sign of weakness to give up the fight when: You’ve messed up; You’re […]

If I was asked to stand up in front of 35 children and teach, or contribute to a staff meeting on raising attainment, or sit in a strategic Heads meeting and contribute something meaningful and relevant I would feel somewhat out of my comfort zone! It’s the same principal when HR expect their senior leadership […]

    As we move into summer, the temperatures will keep rising (hopefully!). But with hot weather can come HR issues. So we wanted to give you some advice to make sure they don’t make you sweat. It’s too hot in here! You must keep temperatures in the work environment ‘reasonable’. What is ‘reasonable’ is […]

  We recently got sent this question from The Daily Telegraph- “Should it be mandatory for SMEs to give feedback to interviewees, particularly to those who have had face to face interviews? If so what kind of format should the feedback take?” You can read the article here, but we thought we would share our […]