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Why Equality & Diversity is important

Why Equality and Diversity Training is important

Equality & Diversity Training is important.  Equality & Diversity Training is important in enabling your business protection from any vicarious liability claim. In essence, being able to move the blame away from the business, to the employee (who will also...

Christmas Party

Who pays for the work Christmas party?

When considering the work christmas party it would be easy to fall into a spiral of rulemaking and declaring fun absorbing dictats of course, not to control the fun or quell the festive spirit, but rather to try and prevent any HR headaches throughout the festivities and into the New Year to ensure everyone has a good time.

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Calculating annual leave in 2022

This blog focuses on calculating annual leave in 2022, as the cold nights draw in many people will be thinking about when they can jet off to sunnier climes or where they may go on their staycation.

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Absence management and why it’s important

An employment relationship is usually terminated in one of two ways: a resignation or a dismissal. We explain both below but the purpose of this blog is to examine what happens when an employer says “resign or be dismissed” or tries to force a resignation from an employee.

Care workers refusing to be vaccinated

From November 11 2021, all care home workers will be required two doses of the Covid jab. This measure was announced in June 2021 to ‘boost uptake’ and ‘protect vulnerable residents’.
However, since the date has drawn closer it has now been estimated that tens of thousands of care home workers are set to lose their job on Thursday.

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The correct clause in employment contracts

Christmas is a really busy time for everyone, especially those in the food retail sector. With supply chain issues for larger retailers, it is likely that smaller independent retailers will welcome more customers than in previous years and will therefore require more staff to service the needs of customers.

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10 management errors that will come back to haunt you

An employment relationship is usually terminated in one of two ways: a resignation or a dismissal. We explain both below but the purpose of this blog is to examine what happens when an employer says “resign or be dismissed” or tries to force a resignation from an employee.

Resign or be dismissed?

Resign or be dismissed?

An employment relationship is usually terminated in one of two ways: a resignation or a dismissal. We explain both below but the purpose of this blog is to examine what happens when an employer says “resign or be dismissed” or tries to force a resignation from an employee.