There will be an extra bank holiday in 2012. To allow for the weekend long celebrations, the 2012 late May bank holiday will be moved to Monday 4 June 2012 and an additional Jubilee bank holiday will be on Tuesday 5 June 2012. These holidays will also apply to Scotland. To avoid any potential issues [...]
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The ongoing economic crisis is weighing heavily on employees of all organisations. Research shows that staff are working longer hours and in real terms for less pay; they are feeling pressurised to work when they are unwell and stress related illnesses are on the increase. All these things can negatively impact on a business’ performance [...]
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Social Media sites open several doors for employers; with over 300 million Facebook users alone, you now have a massive audience that you can tap into. Taking your time to draw up a proper strategy will stand you in good stead to build your company brand, attract future employees and engage customers. Many companies are [...]
Difficult Conversations
We can Work it out… Ever been in the unfortunate position of tackling the “difficult conversation” with an employee? The sweaty palms and the uncontrollable tick under your left eye start as soon as they walk in the room. Difficult conversations have to happen so that you can retain harmony and productivity of your workplace. [...]
Anonymous CV’s
Over 100 major businesses have signed up to Nick Cleggs initiative that includes several proposals to help employers avoid discriminating against potential employees. The idea behind this proposal includes advertising to people of different backgrounds online and in schools instead of using “old school networks”. While this sounds like a good idea and any proposal [...]
Salary Sacrifice Vat Changes
New rules have come into place from 1st January 2012 on VAT treatment of certain benefits provided under a salary sacrifice scheme. For further details please email info@simplehr.co.uk
Reward Strategy
Over 30% of workers would sacrifice salary for a greater holiday entitlement With work-life balance desires changing employers need to ‘tailor compensation’ More and more workers are prioritising their holidays over their salary; new research shows that a third of UK workers would sacrifice pay for more holidays. Recruitment firm, Hyphen, polled over 1,000 workers [...]
Simple HR Management Academy
Following the successful launch of the Simple HR Management Academy, we are delighted to be able to offeranother great offer; The delegates at previous events asked if we could deliver the same high quality training on other subjects and the top four requests are the next to be delivered by Simple HR. Please can I ask you to spend a couple of minutes to consider if [...]
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