How do your current company policies stack up against the competition? Do you need to take a look at them and tweak them or are they best of class already?
In many organizations, the vast majority of employees all want time off over Christmas and New Year. It makes sense, yet what happens when December rolls around and you find you have lots of people who’ve barely used any of their annual leave and want to take it all off at the end of the year?
Read moreYour organization already has a maternity leave policy but do you wonder how it compares to other companies in your industry? Or do you wonder how maternity leave differs around the globe? Once you can see the bigger picture you might find you want to increase the leave or pay you offer new moms.
Read moreLet’s face it, even the most motivated among us have days when we’d rather stay in bed than have that dreaded conference call with an irate investor. When we’d rather slump on the settee watching daytime TV than face another eight hours of dealing with angry customers. And so the duvet day was born.
Read moreCould you create a better company culture, attract more talent, and increase employee retention by offering a more attractive paternity leave policy? It’s likely, and let’s face it, what have you got to lose? We look at why it’s worth revisiting the policies and perks you already have in place.
Read moreTime for a headphone policy? For each person who says listening to music boosts productivity there’s someone who finds earbuds at work unprofessional.
Read moreIf you want to make your job vacancies more appealing to the best applicants that your industry has to offer, should you offer more than the statutory annual leave? Or would you be better off investing in other perks such as gym memberships, duvet days or free in-office snacks? We take a look.
Read moreIs showing up on the dot really that important? Obviously there are many, many situations where being punctual is imperative, important - and polite, socially speaking. But is being late to work really that big a deal?
Read moreIf you’ve decided to take photos of your people and use them on your site, the million dollar question is: Do you legally need to get them to sign a release form?
Read moreFor many Human Resource managers, a small yet unenviable part of the job is dealing with employee reference requests. Particularly when a former employee was, let’s say, less than great at their job...
Read moreIt’s rarely a good thing having to fire someone. Even if they turned out to be The Worst Employee Ever and you can’t wait to see the back of them, the circumstances are never particularly pleasant.
Read moreDealing with HR documentation might not be the most exciting part of your job, but it’s a vital one. We take a look at what docs you need & why.
Read moreWhat do you do, as someone working in HR, if you or a manager suspect an employee has a drinking problem? Can you just ask them outright?
Read moreNew year, new you? We’ve heard it all before. But while health and fitness goals often fall by the wayside a couple of months into the year, one resolution you should make - and stick to - is to take a look at the perks and benefits you offer your employees and to see if you can improve on them.
Read moreIn person catch ups at work are being elbowed aside by online communications. But an emoji filled conversation about tonight’s dinner with their partner on WhatsApp is (or should be!) very different to the conversations your employees are having with coworkers and clients over Zoom or Slack.
Read moreIt would be a naïve business that didn’t expect any employee ever to call in sick or need to take time off, but it can be good to understand and plan for all the reasons why your employees might need to be absent.
Read moreThese two perks are based around the fact that the way we work is changing and how you can leverage that into benefits to attract new employees and retain the ones you already have.
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