by Alison Schreiber | Oct 3, 2019 | HR Advice Blog
You’ve set your sights on an exciting new project, got your people in place and are ready to hit the ground running. Then it happens. A key member of staff informs you that they have been selected for jury service. “You’re joking!” is quite possibly the reaction you...
by Alison Schreiber | Aug 27, 2019 | HR Advice Blog
How to manage a negative employee Negative employees can be real energy zappers. Their negativity can be contagious and halt productivity for the wider team. Blaming others for incomplete work or poor performance, holding up projects, criticising company procedures...
by Alison Schreiber | Aug 8, 2019 | HR Advice Blog
A reminder for payroll cut-off pops up in your calendar. How does it make you feel? If you have someone in place to manage PAYE for your business, you might dismiss it without a second thought. But, if you are managing payroll yourself, it could be an unwelcome...
by Alison Schreiber | Jul 16, 2019 | HR Advice Blog
“There just aren’t enough hours in the day!” “Something more important came up” “I don’t have time right now. I’ll do it later” Sound familiar? If employees are providing these common excuses when you ask them for an update on a task or project, you may need to...
by Alison Schreiber | Jul 3, 2019 | HR Advice Blog
How well is your workforce? The UK has been ranked 24th out of 25 comparator economies for work-life balance in the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) second Working Lives survey. This suggests that workplace well-being in the UK needs...
by Alison Schreiber | May 23, 2019 | HR Advice Blog
You’ve signed the card and waved an employee off into parenthood. But what happens next? Perhaps you hadn’t thought that far ahead yet, especially if the employee is taking the full allowance of maternity leave which is one year regardless of how long they have worked...
