Health and Saftey Advice Covid-19
COVID 19 Health and Safety Information Card – Transport Safety When staff are required to travel as part of their work duties, arrangements should be made to minimise the risk to health from contracting the COVID-19 virus. Walking or cycling Ideally, staff would be able to move about by walking or cycling, maintaining physical distancing. […]
UK Coronavirus HR Advice
As measures increase and the Government announces new legislation daily, we have put together some helpful advice around the main topics companies are looking to us for assistance. The Government have announced measures to help organisations to continue to pay employees wages during the COVID-19 crisis. The measures include a “Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme” for […]
HR Advice And Support To Help Avoid Problems
We have many years of experience in dealing with employment issues across all sectors and we believe many of the problems we have dealt with would have been avoided if the Employers had used some simple people management practices. Below, we have given you our top tips for avoiding HR conflict and disputes in the […]
Employing Apprentices – Some Key Points
Apprentices are usually employees who have been employed at reduced costs in order that they can be trained in a particular skill. As employees, apprentices will have the usual employment rights, and their apprenticeship is usually for a fixed period of time; the period will depend on how long it will take to obtain the […]
Severe Weather Guidance for Employers
If some staff are late for work or fail to attend work because of severe weather, then an employer is under no obligation to pay them unless there is a specific provision for such absence to be paid in their employment contract. There are some other options you may wish to consider, such as: allowing […]
Good HR Will Strengthen Your Business
Mighty oaks may grow from little acorns, and Professional People Management advises that businesses make sure their roots are secure. At Professional People Management (PPM) we’ve made it our business to provide other companies with robust human resource strategies that are tailor-made for them. We work with companies of all sizes and experience: from large […]
Social Media Tips For Employers
To Tweet or Not to Tweet. With more people using social networking sites, well-established and clear principles for managing the social media activities of employees are a work in progress. However, companies can still do this by adopting a sensible and practical approach. Companies are advised to look at the likely social media activities of […]
Inappropriate behaviour
What is inappropriate behaviour at work? This is currently a topical question. However, there is no easy answer. Inappropriate behaviour at work falls into two categories: It is against the ‘rules’; where the employer has given clear guidance about conduct It is perceived as inappropriate or offensive by some colleagues In the vast majority of […]
How to deal with sexual harassment in the workplace
The Harvey Weinstein scandal has once again placed the spotlight on sexual harassment reporting. The #MeToo campaign soon followed, encouraging people to speak out if they’ve ever been sexually harassed or abused.