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Conducting Effective Online Meetings

Conducting Effective Online Meetings

With the UK still in lockdown due to COVID-19, many businesses and employees are settling into a routine of working from home. To keep in touch with employees, customers and suppliers, many businesses and individuals have moved to online video platforms to engage,...

Emergency Leave

Emergency Leave

Emergency Leave Employees are allowed to take time off work to deal with an emergency involving a dependant. A dependant could be a spouse, partner, child, grandchild, parent, or someone who depends on you for care. Employers should grant a reasonable amount of time...

Mothering Sunday

Mothering Sunday

Everyone chooses to celebrate Mother's Day in their own way, from son’s or daughter’s preparing their mum a much-deserved breakfast in bed, to older children treating their mum to special gift or event. The origins of this event are stooped in different historical...

Short-time Working

Short-time Working

Short-time Working The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is placing businesses of all sizes under unprecedented strain and pressure. The rapid and drastic reduction in demand or lost business is forcing employers to consider drastic action to reduce...

Flooding – Advice for Employers

Flooding – Advice for Employers

Wettest ever February and more flood warnings remain – Advice for Employers The Stats A total of 75 flood warnings are still in place for England and Wales. The Met Office confirmed last month was the wettest February on record. The UK averaged 209.1mm of rain last...

Coronavirus

Coronavirus

Coronavirus is a new illness that can affect your lungs and airways. The government advise the risk to individuals in the UK remains low. To date (18th February), nine patients in England have tested positive for coronavirus. Worldwide the coronavirus has infected...

Managing Change In The Workplace

Managing Change In The Workplace

Employees are often reluctant to changes within the workplace, especially those with considerable service where they only see one way of doing a job and no variation will ever be good enough to the original method of operation. However, to be a business that can...

The Power of the Employer Brand

The Power of the Employer Brand

Whether it something you realise or not, all companies have an employer brand – it’s essentially the company’s reputation and what people think of you as an employer. The CIPD define employer brand as; ‘a set of attributes and qualities, often intangible, that makes...

Top Tips for Interviewing

Top Tips for Interviewing

New to interviewing? Need a refresher? Here are some tips that just might help……. The purpose of an interview is to find the most suitable candidate for a particular job vacancy. In preparing the job advertisement, the job description/role profile will have been...

Festive Fun – How To Avoid Potential Pitfalls

Festive Fun – How To Avoid Potential Pitfalls

With the festive season fast approaching and Christmas parties already planned as a celebration to reward the hard work of your employees, now is a good time for employers to think about the problems that might arise at these events and the provisions that should be...

Probationary Periods – What You Need To Know.

Probationary Periods – What You Need To Know.

What is a probationary period? A probationary period is a contractual period of time at the start of an employment contract between a new employee and an organisation.  During the probationary period the employee can be exempt from some contractual rights, e.g....

Apprenticeships “Grow Your Own Staff”

Apprenticeships “Grow Your Own Staff”

Apprenticeships “Grow your own staff” Recent employment figures show that the market for attracting good employees is shrinking as the numbers of unemployed people diminish and the rate of employed people rises. The young are a group of people that often struggle to...

Top Tips to Avoid Employment Tribunal

Top Tips to Avoid Employment Tribunal

With fees no longer in place and employment tribunal claims on the rise, we are here to give you some top tips on how to avoid costly tribunal cases. Documentation Ensure you get back to basics and have clear policies and procedures so both the business and employees...

Employee Onboarding

Employee Onboarding

Employee Onboarding Finding the right candidate with the right skills at the right time to fill that crucial vacancy can be a lengthy, time consuming process and often expensive process. Your successful candidate needs to not only have the right “technical” skills to...

Office Relocation

Office Relocation

The success of an office move requires good planning, co-ordination and a strong project team to drive it through. Never underestimate the amount of time you need to plan and execute the relocation. The first step is to engage with your stakeholders and form your...

5 Ways to Make Your HR Team More Resilient

5 Ways to Make Your HR Team More Resilient

Resilience is a word frequently used in the workplace today. But what does it really mean and how can it be effectively harnessed? Resilience means to be robust and to be able to recover from difficult situations. How can HR teams better equip themselves to be more...

World Health Day

World Health Day

Since 1950 the 7th April has been known as ‘World Health Day’ to help raise awareness and ensure that everyone globally has access to quality health services. The World Health Organization (WHO) choose a worthy health theme for their campaign annually to highlight...

Top Tips on Managing Relationships in the Workplace

Top Tips on Managing Relationships in the Workplace

The average employee spends 37.3 hours at work per week,1 equating to more waking hours at work than those spent at home, therefore, developing office relationships is natural. How can romantic encounters at work be handled, are they really as counterproductive as...

Party Time!

Party Time!

Employers often want to express their appreciation to all their employees for their hard work and the annual works Christmas “do” is a favourite event to promote good working relationships. However it is always advisable to take certain steps in advance to ensure that...

Tis the Season for Gift Giving

Tis the Season for Gift Giving

The end of the year is a time for celebration. However, it can also be when questions arise in the workplace about the appropriateness of gifts from suppliers and clients. No matter how well-meaning a gift is, the potential exists for impropriety or the appearance of...

Managing Stress in the Workplace

Managing Stress in the Workplace

Stress is a state of mental health which affects all of us at some point during our lives, and specifically, our working life. It is our body’s way of responding to pressure from the occurrences in our lives. When the human body feels stress, it goes into fight or...

Working Whilst Being a Carer

Working Whilst Being a Carer

Nearly one in nine workers in the UK are carers. By 2030 it is estimated that the number of carers in the UK will increase by 3.4 million to 9 million. This will no doubt bring a significant increase in the number of carers in employment. The difficulties and stress...

Reducing Absenteeism Among Employees

Reducing Absenteeism Among Employees

Absenteeism is something that should be closely monitored in order to lessen the levels. If an employee calls in sick often, it is time to start being proactive and begin questioning why. Absence from work is perfectly okay, if the employee has a valid reason. Being...

Dealing with Theft in the Workplace

Where theft is concerned, disciplinary rules must be in place to deal with issues professionally and fairly. Defining a clear line between disciplinary action and gross misconduct is crucial, an employee should be informed on where they stand before any decision takes...

Holiday Blues

Holiday Blues

As the end of the summer holidays approaches, September often means fresh starts and new beginnings for many. As pencils are sharpened and bags packed, people are returning to work relaxed and refreshed, ready to hopefully face work challenges with renewed vigour. It...

What Employers Should Know About Drink & Drugs at Work

What Employers Should Know About Drink & Drugs at Work

During the summer months, alcohol becomes a big part of people’s lives, as it does during any seasonal occasion in the UK. “Any excuse for a drink” is the general British logic, in terms of alcohol. With soaring temperatures and one of the hottest summers on record,...

Schools Out!

Schools Out!

The summer is here and schools, colleges and universities across the country are finishing for the big summer break. Annual leave requests from employees for July and August significantly increase. Parents juggling childcare with work and school holidays are usually...

Top Tips to Stay Safe on Social Media

Top Tips to Stay Safe on Social Media

Social Media is an outlet that is widely used today by multiple generations, individuals and organisations. Furthermore, a social media campaign can spread rapidly, either causing a positive or detrimental effect on a person’s reputation, or a business. Staying safe...

Keeping Your Employees On Side

Keeping Your Employees On Side

  Avoid having to red card your employees for unreasonable behaviour or demands during the World Cup period. If you want to hear about our previous experience of  helping manage employees around such sporting events get in touch. World Cup fever will take over...

8 tips for managing absence in the workplace

8 tips for managing absence in the workplace

What is absence management and why it's important? Absence management is when employers have processes and policies in place to help deal with employee absences and to keep levels to a minimum. It is important for employers to have good absence management processes in...

25 Years in HR: All Change or No Change

25 Years in HR: All Change or No Change

MD Michael Doolin talking to Annapurna recruitment about 25 years in HR: All change or no change. See Michael share his advice, tips, experiences and learnings over his 25 years in the industry To benefit from Michael's extensive experience, enlist our HR support...