Pay and reward
Smaller businesses can find it difficult to offer top salaries, but in today’s workplace pay and reward is not solely about offering the highest salary with big bonuses. Understanding the modern employee and designing a rewards package to meet their needs can help a business to have a competitive edge in attracting and retaining the best talent.
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Apprenticeships
Does your business offer apprenticeships? With a skills shortage it is essential that we equip people with the right skills. Apprenticeships can develop these skills and a career pathway that are specific to an organisation’s requirements, helping businesses to grow their own talent.
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Personal hygiene
Smells and pungent aromas can have a negative impact on the workplace. But what is the best approach when addressing an employee's personal hygiene at work? Avoiding difficult conversations in the workplace is not something a leader or manager should do. Addressing sensitive problems can be uncomfortable, if you approach it in the right way, you can minimise the embarrassment and gain the respect and trust of your workforce.
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Winner of Consultancy of the Year
We are absolutely delighted to have won this award at the Kent CIPD Awards 2018 event
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Tackling pregnancy and maternity discrimination
A recent survey around pregnancy and maternity found that many employers have attitudes that are decades behind the law. How can your workplace be proactive and take positive steps to tackle pregnancy and maternity discrimination?
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Modern Slavery Act 2015
Modern slavery has been a priority for the Government and they believe businesses have a vital role to play. Businesses should comply with the Modern Slavery Act and must not knowingly or unknowingly be complicit in modern slavery.
At times this Act has been more strongly associated with larger organisations. However, due to supply chains many of our clients are increasingly having to comply in the same way as the larger organisations do, to maintain business with them.
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation is the result of four years of work by the EU to bring data protection legislation into line, protecting and empowering EU citizens privacy. GDPR will supersede the Data Protection Act 1998. It will give individuals more control over how personal data is used. UK organisations will need to ensure they are compliant when the regulation comes in to force in May this year or could face hefty fines.
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Whistleblowing
With sexual harassment constantly hitting the headlines, it is a good time for employers to ensure they are taking the necessary steps to provide a workplace that is free from sexual harassment. Employers should also be reviewing or implementing a whistleblowing policy to support an open and transparent working environment.
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Selecting a good quality external training provider
Using external training providers can bring new skills into a work force, particularly for SMEs when there may be limited internal resources. However, they can be expensive and with a limited budget, how do you know what the right training is and who is best to provide it? Before, choosing an external provider it is essential to understand what your objectives are, the outcomes required, and to do your research about them to get a good return on investment.
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Immigration status
Do your current employment and recruitment practices ensure that all your employees and new recruits are eligible to work in the UK? Employers are required by law to check an employee’s status to work. Employing illegal workers can carry up to a £20,000 fine.
With so much in the news lately about immigration and the likely impact of Brexit on employing non-UK nationals, now is a good time to update yourself on how to ensure you are compliant.
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