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How to manage a workplace relationship

How to manage a workplace relationship   This blog focusses on how to manage a workplace relationship. Love is in the air…especially in the workplace! More so than most people realise, a 2019 survey by vault.com showed that: 58% of employees are in a workplace...

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Equality & Diversity Training

All training sessions will be carried out by lawyers and enable your business to plead the statutory defence to any vicarious liability claim. In essence, moving the blame away from the business to the employee (who will also need to be properly disciplined as a...

Can I sack someone who is off sick?

Can I sack someone who is off sick? The simple answer is, yes, but please be careful!  Dismissing employees who are off sick is a tricky maze to navigate, with many potential headaches.  However, it is definitely possible to sack an employee who is off sick. ...

An employer’s guide to ‘The Great Resignation’

The Great Resignation Three-quarters of the workforce want to leave their jobs in 2022, also known as ‘The Great Resignation’.  CV Library, the UK’s leading independent job board, surveyed a random selection of participants suggesting that a huge 76.4% of the UK...

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Can I sack a pregnant employee?

Can I sack a pregnant employee? The simple answer is, yes.    There is a strong misconception that you are unable to sack an employee who is pregnant but you are in fact entitled to dismiss as long as you are not sacking them because of the pregnancy or...

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...

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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.