International Women’s Day
What’s stopping you from recruiting? Joanne Moss looks at the most common reasons why businesses don’t recruit
What’s stopping you from recruiting?
What’s stopping you from recruiting? Joanne Moss looks at the most common reasons why businesses don’t recruit
Taking on a new employee can be a simple step forward with the right support and advice.
Taking on a new employee can be a simple step forward with the right support and advice.
Statutory rates April 2023
The new statutory rates for 2023/2024 have been published. Statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and parental bereavement pay will increase from April 2023 to £172.48 per week (previously £156.66). The rate for statutory sick pay will increase to £109.40 per week (previously £99.35) Amendments to minimum wage and national living wage have also been increased. […]
Christmas parties in 2022…
For many of us, it’s been three years since we’ve been to a proper ‘Works’ Christmas do’ so we are fully expecting emails from worried clients when things haven’t exactly gone to plan! If it’s a work-arranged party, work policy and procedures extend to those events. Alcohol, coupled with a more relaxed atmosphere, can influence […]
Bank Holiday announcement for 8th May 2023
What are bank holidays? The very first bank holidays in the UK were introduced in 1821 and included holidays to celebrate royal events and Christian festivals such as Easter. The days were confirmed as 18 days a year in 1830 and then reduced to four in 1934. The term is quite literally days on which […]
How to successfully onboard your new recruit
First day Onboarding is the process of integrating new starters into your organisation and helping to familiarise them with your culture and processes. Onboarding can start before the first day and continue well into the employment journey. Spend time thinking about what impression you want your new recruit to have of you. It helps to […]
Cost of living crisis
Supporting your employees As general living costs soar, many employers are considering what they can to do support their teams over the coming months (and beyond). One contact has agreed to pay all utility bills for their employees until the new year, others are considering one-off payments to help with the cost of bills. “Trivial” […]
Annual leave update
Annual leave and pay Our previous blog covering the basic background on the statutory right to annual leave and frequent questions around this still stands (at this moment in time – watch this space!) however recent case law is important to note. Entitlement is 5.6 weeks* in the UK currently. This is pro-rated for part […]
Bank holiday announced for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral on Monday 19 September
What employers need to know This weekend the Government announced the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will be held on Monday 19th September 2022. That day will now be a bank holiday. A ‘bank holiday’ does not meant everyone automatically gets a day off work, unless the employment contract allows for it. Check your employment […]