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Right to Work Check 2021: What you need to know

right to work check

Are your right to work check records up to date? Brexit and COVID are making big changes to your employees’ right to work. The Home Office is charging £20,000 fines per illegal employee. Without a strong right to work check record, you could be in danger… Here is everything you need to know to keep your business covered! Right to work […]

Could Brexit mean a skill shortage? Here is what to do

brexit skills shortage

Will Brexit mean you be facing a skills shortage? The Immigration Act 2020 became written into law this month November 2020, subsequently the new UK Immigration Points Based System will certainly come into law from 1st January 2021. Organisations will therefore require a sponsor licence to recruit and recruit any individual from outside Great Britain, […]

Launching the Redundancy Toolkit

Redundancy

Today I am pleased to announce Beagle HR is launching a new toolkit to help those businesses navigate their way through redundancy. We do not believe a business should have to pay thousands of pounds for someone to tell them what to do. Our simple easy to use toolkit will guide you through the process. […]

5 ways to promote employee engagement

People leave for a variety of reasons. A common one is they do not feel supported or encouraged to do what they do best. The price to replace an employee can exceed 1.5 times their salary. If your employees are dissatisfied, your customers are most likely not happy, too. It’s a never-ending cycle that repeats […]

Can you manage performance remotely?

managing performance

“When feedback is included as part of regular, ongoing performance discussions throughout the year, the employee, the manager and the organisation are all better off.” Shawna McKnight What is performance management? According to the CIPD, it is to: Identify the objectives in which individuals and teams will see their piece in the organisation’s strategy and […]

Organisational Design in 2020

Organisational Design

With the world of business going through a rapid period of transformation due to to the onset of Covid-19 now could be the perfect opportunity to redesign your organisation. In this article I look at Organisational Design and why it is worth considering right now. Why now? Change that usually takes years has happened in […]

What is High Performance Working?

HIGH PERFORMANCE WORKING

Is it merely a new and exciting HR buzz term that may diminish eventually? Or perhaps it one thing worth exploring? High performance working (HPW) is focused on building a culture in which there is trust, transparency, and open communication. It means eroding the conventional hierarchical structure which lots of businesses still operate within. Instead, […]

ONBOARDING: BEST PRACTICE FOR A MULTIGENERATIONAL WORKFORCE

Onboarding Multi generations

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 […]

Why creating a high trust culture is essential right now

High Trust

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 […]

How Covid-19 has made for better employee engagement

employee engagement

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 […]