Why is Onboarding Essential? The objective of onboarding is to ease people into their new jobs to enable them to become valuable members of the team in ideally a short period. “Organisations with a common onboarding process encounter a 54% increase in their new hire productivity, along with a 50% increase in retention.” Onboarding Across […]
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The COVID-19 Pandemic is radically shifting how many businesses run. Leaders have had to pivot rapidly, reorganising and rallying their staff to push forward in an unprecedented period. Some business leaders think COVID-19 marks a permanent turning point. At the centre of the seismic change is the reshaping of corporate culture – the beliefs and […]
The Coronavirus (Covid-19) is accelerating one of the most significant organisational transformations in generations. Indeed, it is a health crisis but also for many organisations. It is also a fantastic possibility to change. In the centre of a pandemic, research now signifies that organisations are managing their personnel much better than ever before. And employee […]
On Sunday 10th May the UK Government announced that lockdown restrictions will begin to be eased. The easing includes allowing people to go back to work who cannot work from home. Businesses have a obligation to ensure they are making the workplace as safe as possible during Covid-19, and adhere to the government regulations regarding […]
Revealed within the Coronavirus Bill last month, the government plans to create a temporary right to statutory emergency volunteering leave to permit workers, employees and agency staff to have unpaid leave to volunteer in health and social care. If the suggested entitlement is taken forward, workers can pick to take unpaid volunteer leave in blocks […]
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is a short-term scheme open to all UK employers (Also known as Furlough Leave) for at least three months starting from 1 March 2020. It is built to support organisations whose business have been severely affected by coronavirus (COVID-19). Organisations can use a portal to claim for 80% of furloughed […]
Take a look at the changes to employment law coming into effect in April 2020 Changes to written statements From 6th April 2020, the requirement to provide a written statement of terms and conditions extends to workers. This includes casual and zero-hours workers. The legal right to a statement not anymore demands a minimum amount […]
As an employer, you should: take any complaint of sexual harassment very seriously handle it fairly and sensitively The employee or worker making the complaint may start by talking to you to try and resolve the problem. If they do not feel comfortable doing this or the issue is particularly serious, they can raise a formal grievance. […]
A ‘reasonable adjustment’ is a change to remove or reduce the effect of: an employee’s disability so they can do their job a job applicant’s disability when applying for a job The reasonable adjustment could be to: the workplace the ways things are done get someone to help the employee or job applicant Example of […]
Many workplace problems can be resolved informally, for example through a quiet chat. An employee could raise a problem informally by telling their line manager or someone else at work (for example, another manager or someone in HR). It does not have to be in writing at this stage. Take the problem seriously If an […]