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Statutory redundancy guide
Redundancy in the UK is a daunting process for you to get right—and many employers struggle with its complexities. You need to establish a strong business case and have a fair approach throughout. There are many employment laws to consider during dismissals, so it’s essential…
Unpaid leave and coronavirus
Sometimes personal life responsibilities can affect your employees. It might be kids, a poorly pet, or elderly parents requiring assistance—so, they may have to take time off work. And if there’s no offer of paid time off for these purposes in their employment contract ? Then…
Shortlisting candidates for your business
With a good shortlisting process, you can minimise it — and sort the top candidates from the weaker ones nice and early. Shortlisting is a useful bridge between applications and interviews . And with applicant numbers growing all the time, recruiters are finding it more…
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Voluntary overtime pay for holidays
The law around overtime holiday pay continues to evolve. Because of this, holiday pay entitlement for staff who work overtime is a trickier…
Making deductions from wages
When salaries go out each month, there are sometimes occasions when you might have to make post-payday deductions. This can cause a great…
Bonuses for employees
They can help attract and retain staff who value financial incentives at work — which, let’s face it, is most people. And performance…
How much should you pay an apprentice?
One of the benefits of using an apprenticeship programme is you can hire young, talented, and enthusiastic staff who are more cost effective…
Employee expenses: guide for employers
If you’re an employer that offers staff expenses and benefits, it’s good business practice to let HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) know. That…
Salaries and wages for your staff
But when it comes to attracting, rewarding and retaining talent, it’s best to start with the most fundamental bit: salary. Salaries…
Resignation counter offer
If you’re losing an important employee to a competitor or other circumstance, then you may be wondering if you can do anything to stop them…
Health and wellbeing in the workplace
The quality of their physical health and psychological wellbeing is key to a happy, high performing workforce. Not only that, poor health…
Pension laws
Since the introduction of compulsory automatic enrolment for workers in 2012, HR departments have been getting to grips with a new set of…
Employee progression in your business
Your employees expect to move onwards and upwards, increasing their skill-set, their responsibility and their salary . And yet, it seems…
Can employers claim back sick pay during coronavirus?
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, the UK government is providing financial support to businesses with the Job Retention Scheme. But you…
Social Distancing in the Workplace
After the coronavirus outbreak, many businesses are now either letting staff work from home. Or they’ve furloughed them while there’s less…