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Spring Budget 2023 - What this means for HR The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt delivered the Spring Budget earlier this month. The p ...

Accidents, Incidents and Near Misses in the workplace Health and Safety expert, Adam Williams discusses the the differences b ...

How employers can build and support neurodiversity In this article, Senior HR Consultant, Claire McGuinness discusses how emp ...

Supporting Ramadan in the workplace In this article, Senior HR Consultant, Louise Angell discusses Ramadan and offers advice ...

Disciplinary procedure – Know your options Managing Director, Victoria Brown outlines employers' options during the disciplin ...

The Right to Request a Predictable Working Pattern Claire McGuinness, Senior HR Consultant, provides a legal update on the ba ...

Wellbeing support within a business In this article, Health and Safety expert, Adam Williams discusses the importance of well ...

Personal relationships in the workplace In this article, Senior HR Consultant, Louise Angell discusses the implications of pe ...

Anti-Strike Laws | Employment Law Update Kendal Hulme, our Head of Operations, provides a legal update on the proposed anti-s ...

U-Turn in Annual Leave Calculation You may have read our blog in August 2022 where we discussed the shock Supreme Court rulin ...

Managing sickness during the Cold and Flu season In this article, Senior HR Consultant, Louise Angell explores managing sickn ...

Managing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) In this article, Health and Safety expert, Adam Williams discusses Seasonal Affect ...

Flexible Working Requests to be a day-one right | Employment Law Update Kendal Hulme, our Head of Operations, provides a lega ...

Is a four-day week right for your business? In this article, Senior HR Consultant, Claire McGuinness discusses the benefits a ...

Managing workplace temperature | Health and Safety In this article, Health and Safety expert, Colin Jones discusses workplace ...

Work-Related Ill Health Statistics | Health and Safety In this article, Health and Safety expert, Adam Williams discusses the ...

The Importance of HR at a Work Christmas Party Senior HR Consultant, Louise Angell discusses the importance of HR during the ...

Is redundancy your best and only option? In this article, Senior HR Consultant, Louise Angell discusses whether redundancy is ...

World Cup 2022 – Guide for Employers Tackling HR Needs In this article, Senior HR Consultant, Claire McGuinness discusses the ...

Health and Safety Audit In this article, Health and Safety expert, Adam Williams explains what a health and safety audit is a ...

Autumn Statement | Employment Law Update Kendal Hulme, our Head of Operations, provides a legal update for November 2022. She ...

Bank holiday proclaimed in honour of the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III The government has announced that Monday ...

Carer's Leave and Enhanced Redundancy Protection | Employment Law Update In this article, Head of Operations, Kendal Hulme pr ...

Preventing Disability Discrimination in the Workplace In this article, Senior HR Consultant, Claire McGuinness, discusses dis ...

Quiet Quitting - What is it? In this article, Senior HR Consultant, Louise Angell, explores quiet quitting and offers advice ...

DSE Assessment including Homeworkers In this article, our expert Health & Safety Consultant, Colin Jones, discusses the D ...

Mini-Budget | Employment Law Update Kendal Hulme, our Head of Operations, provides a legal update for September 2022. She dis ...

Flexible Working Requests – are you prepared? In this article, our Senior HR Consultant, Louise Angell, discusses the influx ...

Managing allergies in the workplace | Health and Safety In this article, our expert H&S Consultant, Colin Jones, discusse ...

Sexual Harassment in the workplace - What can Employers do? In this article, our Senior HR Consultant, Claire McGuinness, dis ...

Employment Law Update | August 2022 Kendal Hulme, our Head of Operations, provides a employment law update for August 2022 in ...

Term-time only and other ‘part-year’ workers are entitled to 5.6 weeks holiday a year In this article, our Senior HR Consulta ...

Manual Handling | Health and Safety In this article, our Health and Safety expert, Colin Jones, discusses manual handling wit ...

First Aid Arrangements | Health and Safety In this article, our Health and Safety expert, Adam Williams, discusses first aid ...

Menopause Will Not Become a Protected Characteristic Our Head of Operations, Kendal Hulme has explored this recent decision a ...

An Employers Guide to Employment Tribunals Employment tribunals affect over 100,000 businesses in the UK every year, in this ...

Mental Health First Aid │ Health and Safety Our resident health and safety expert Adam Williams has discussed the importance ...

Health Surveillance | Health and Safety Are you keeping your employees safe? Our H&S consultant Colin Jones has offered g ...

Legionella | Health and Safety Update In this article, our expert H&S consultant, Colin Jones, looks to discuss legionell ...

Are Changes Ahead as Businesses Trial Four Day Week? The world’s largest trial of its kind is taking place as thousands of UK ...

The Queen’s Speech – What Do Employers Need to Know? Kendal Hulme, our Head of Operations, looks to discuss the Queen's speec ...

Absence at Highest Rate Since 2010 Nearly 150 million days were lost due to absence in 2021 as experts offer advice to employ ...

First Aid In the Workplace │Health and Safety Update In this article, our expert H&S consultant, Colin Jones, looks to di ...

Employers Want Staff in Offices Despite Productivity Gains From Hybrid Work Employers have reported increased productivity fr ...

Business at Risk of Losing Young Employees A “sense of clarity and direction” is key to integrating and retaining young emplo ...

Employees Pushing for Remote Work to Save on Fuel Costs Almost half of UK employees are trying to persuade their managers to ...

Asbestos Awareness │Health and Safety Update In this month's Health and Safety update, Colin Jones looks to discuss the essen ...

Employment Law Update │April 2022 In this article James Mallon, our HR Business Partner provides us with an essential employm ...

Almost 50% of employees received no well-being check-in last year Calls were made for firms to do more for their staff after ...

Key Updates in the Employment Law Timetable for 2022 Our MD Victoria Brown offers an update on some key Employment Law change ...

Employment Law Update │ March 2022 James Mallon, our HR Business Partner, provides an employment law update including cases a ...

Man Banned From Tribunal Service After Making Countless Vexatious Claims A serial claimant has received an infinite ban from ...

Managing Stress │ Health and Safety In this month’s update, our H&S Consultant, Colin Jones discusses the importance of m ...

Initiatives to Level Up Opportunities for Women Launched The government has announced plans to open opportunities to women in ...

Businesses Call to Scrap National Insurance Rise The government is facing increasing pressure to delay the upcoming National ...

What is England’s ‘Living with Covid’ plan? Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the "living with covid" plan that will ...

Employment Law Update │ February 2022 James Mallon, our HR Business Partner, provides an employment law update for February, ...

Firms Told to "Work Even Harder" as Vacancies Rise Employers looking to draw in new talent have been warned they will need to ...

Are Hybrid Work Models Still Working? │ Health and Safety In this month’s Health and Safety update, our H&S Consultant, C ...

Plan B Restrictions to end in England On 19 January, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the end of Plan B restrictions in ...

Legal Risks of Reducing Sick Pay for the Unvaccinated There have been multiple reports of employers limiting the&nb ...

Employment Law Update | January 2022 James Mallon, our HR Business Partner, has provided us with an Employment Law Update for ...

Health and Safety and Why We Need It In this month’s Health and Safety update, our H&S Consultant, Colin Jones discussed ...

Sick Pay for Unvaccinated Employees As coronavirus restrictions begin to ease for those who are vaccinated, some employers ar ...

Covid-19 Restrictions Update The Government has started the New Year with a review of the current situation regarding Covid-1 ...

What are the Biggest HR Obstacles: A Perspective of The Care Sector It has been a very unsettling few months for care provide ...

Fire Risk Assessments │ Health and Safety In this month's health and safety update, our H & S Consultant, Colin Jones, de ...

Employment Law Update | December 2021 James Mallon, our HR Business Partner, provides us with an Employment Law Update for De ...

Plan B: What has the Government Introduced? On Wednesday 8th December 2021, the Prime minister announced the Government were ...

How to make your temporary workers feel part of a team? In this article, our Senior HR advisor, Dan Williams, discusses how e ...

Employment Law Update | November 2021 James Mallon, our HR Business Partner, provides us with updates to employment law for t ...

Occupational Cancer │ Health and Safety As November is Lung Cancer Month, our H & S Consultant, Colin Jones, decided to d ...

Changing Contract Terms & Conditions In this article, our Senior HR Advisor, Claire McGuinness, offers advice to employer ...

The Top 10 Communication Skills In this article, our Senior HR advisor, Dan Williams, discusses the top 10 communication ...

Covid-19 Vaccinationto be Mandatory for NHS staff Frontline NHS staff in England will be required to receive the covid-19 vac ...

Pronouns: Getting it Right In this article, our Senior HR advisor, Daniel Williams, discusses how employers should handl ...

Autumn Budget 2021 The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the contents of the 2021 autumn budget in the House of Commons o ...

Work-Related Illness (WRI)│Health and Safety In this article, our H & S Consultant, Colin Jones, discusses Work-Related I ...

Employment Law Update | October 2021 James Mallon, our HR Business Partner, provides us with an Employment Law Update for Oct ...

The European Commission has announced its intentions to review and update EU rules on workplace safety in light of the covid- ...

Employees are becoming increasingly fearful of discussing mental health in the workplace. This is despite investment into men ...

11 Reasons to Hire a (Under) Graduate Student In this article, our Senior HR advisor, Daniel Williams, discusses why employer ...

Mental Health First Aid│Health and Safety In this article, our H & S Consultant, Colin Jones, discusses Mental health fir ...

Employment Law Update │September 2021   James Mallon, our HR Business Partner, provides an employment law update for Sep ...

CIPD push for ethnicity pay gap reports to become compulsory   An analysis has found that only 13 of the FTSE 100 curren ...

National Insurance Increase Could Hurt Recruitment Businesses have expressed concern about the government’s plan to increase ...

Scotland Set To Trial 4 Day Working Week   The Scottish government has announced their intention to reduce working time ...

A Guide for Employers: Data Subject Access Requests In this article, our Senior HR Consultant, Daniel Williams, discusses how ...

Employment Law Update | August 2021  James Mallon, our HR Business Partner, provides us with an Employment Law Update for Aug ...

New Guidance for Self-Isolation   Recently the government has updated their guidance to reflect the new rules announced ...

Business disruption when transitioning to a post-Covid strategy   As employers move to a post-Covid world, one of the ma ...

Managing Workplace Temperature In this article, our H & S Consultant, Colin Jones, discusses how to manage workplace temp ...

How can you support working parents during the summer holidays? For kids, six weeks off school is a dream but for working par ...

Risk Assessments - Common Mistakes Risk assessments are crucial for employers to manage the health and safety within their bu ...

Imposter Syndrome - Fact or fiction? Our Senior HR Advisor, Daniel Williams, discusses imposter syndrome in the article below ...

Employment Law Update | July 2021 James Mallon, our HR Business Partner, provides us with an Employment Law Update for July 2 ...

Workplace Fatalities | Health and Safety In this article, our H & S Consultant, Colin Jones, discusses workplace fataliti ...

Employment Law Update | June 2021 James Mallon, our HR Business Partner, provides an Employment Law Update | June 2021. &nbsp ...

Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders | Health and Safety In this article, our H & S Consultant, Colin Jones, discusses ...

A Guide for Employers: Employees Refusing to Return to Work In this article, our Senior HR Advisor, Claire McGuinness, discus ...

Job optimism soars to the highest level since February 2013   Job optimism has soared to the highest level since the beg ...

Employment Law Update | May 2021 James Mallon, our HR Business Partner, provides us with an Employment Law Update for May 202 ...

Management of Health and Safety at Work In this article our H & S Consultant, Colin Jones, covers the importance of Healt ...

Long working hours leading to thousands of deaths   Long working hours are leading to thousands of deaths due to heart d ...

Maternal Mental Health Week 2021 This week is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week. Perinatal mental health refers to a woma ...

Remembering John Brady | Claire House Pay for a Day  Today, everyone at High Performance Consultancy and Claire House is thin ...

Employment Law Update | April 2021 James Mallon, our HR Business Partner, provides us with an Employment Law Update for April ...

Health and Safety Update | April 2021 Our Health and Safety Consultant, Colin Jones, provides us with a Health and Safety upd ...

Tackling the Gender Pay Gap  What is the Gender Pay Gap? The gender pay gap is the percentage difference between average hour ...

Employment Law Update | March 2021 Our expert HR consultant, Lauren Long, provides us with the Employment Law Update | March ...

Health and Safety Update | March 2021  Our Health and Safety Consultant, Colin Jones, provides us with a Health and Safety up ...

Risk Assessments needed for remote workers Many companies have now been working from home for over a year. It is both surpris ...

International Women's Day 2021   It’s International Women’s Day today, and at HPC it is a day we love to celebrate. We l ...

Budget 2021 announced by Chancellor Measures were announced yesterday by Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, in the Budget 2021. We have ...

Domestic Abuse: Supporting your workforce In this article, our HR Consultant, Lauren Long, covers Domestic Abuse and how you ...

Employment Law Update | February 2021 Our HR Consultant, Daniel Meyer-Lopez, provides us with the Employment Law Update | Feb ...

Rapid workplace Covid19 testing available to smaller employers More employers are now eligible to participate in the governme ...

The stages of the disciplinary process If you are having to take disciplinary action against one of your employees it is impo ...

'Fire and rehire' tactics have become increasingly popular during Covid19 The use of the controversial ‘fire and rehire’ stra ...

Supporting the Financial Wellbeing of your workforce Our HR Consultant, Lauren Long, discusses financial wellbeing and how em ...

Employment Law Update | January 2021   Our HR Consultant, Daniel Meyer-Lopez, provides us with the Employment Law Update ...

January blues? How to ease the return to work in January Are you struggling with the return to work after the festive period? ...

How Outsourced HR can work for your business You may decide that your business needs extra support and that you would benefit ...

£4.6 billion in new lockdown grants The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak has announced £4.6 billion of new lockdown grants. Businesses ...

COVID19 | Lockdown 3 The Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced to the nation yesterday that we will enter Lockdown 3 across ...

Employment Law Update | December 2020 Our HR Consultant, Daniel Meyer-Lopez, provides us with an employment law update for De ...

The Good Work Plan – are you compliant? Our HR Assistant, Jack Taylor, discusses the Good Work Plan and the changes that came ...

Employment Law Update | November 2020 Changes to Notice Pay & Furlough Until 1 December 2020, employers were allowed to c ...

Employee monitoring increases amongst remote workers Employee monitoring has become increasingly popular amongst UK employers ...

Furlough update and changes There will be some changes to the furlough scheme from 1 December 2020. You will no longer be abl ...

How to manage difficult conversations remotely An important part of people management is knowing how to effectively approach ...

Furlough scheme extended as response to new national lockdown Following the government’s announcement over the weekend, from ...

The key components of a well-managed redundancy process | By Lauren Long at HPC For business owners and HR professionals alik ...

Employment Law Update | October 2020 Just when you thought the pathway was clear…   In last month's employment law updat ...

Chancellor announces increased financial support for businesses and workers The Chancellor has announced yesterday increased ...

Boost motivation amongst your employees during the pandemic The pandemic has brought about a lack of motivation for some empl ...

We hosted peopleHUB’s most recent webinar 'Planning for your Post-Covid Future' on Wednesday via Zoom. Our MD, Victoria Brown ...

World Student Day  It is World Student Day on Thursday 15th October. At High Performance we truly see the value of hands-on l ...

Three-tiered system of local Covid Alert Levels introduced Following the announcement from the Prime Minister yesterday, a ne ...

Don’t be a statistic – avoid an unwanted Employment Tribunal claim when making redundancies MD of HPC, Victoria Brown, warns ...

CJRS Job Retention Bonus Further information relating to the CJRS Job Retention Bonus has been released. On Friday afternoon, ...

59% of Brits are willing to retrain for work  Research from the CV-Library has discovered that 59% of Brits have said that th ...

HPC Law – Furlough updates, kick start scheme and more   End of Furlough (Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme) They often s ...

Working from home - HR's Top Tips Here at High Performance Consultancy we offer support for all companies. We can support you ...

Rishi Sunak Announces Winter Economy Plan The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced yesterday his Winter Economy Plan to the Hou ...

Are offices allowed to remain open? The new guidance from the government on working from home has caused confusion amongst em ...

New COVID19 restrictions   Following Tuesday’s announcement from the Prime Minister there have been some new COVID19 res ...

Redundancies continue to skyrocket   The Institute for Employment Studies (IES) has warned that redundancies could be ri ...

New funding available to help small and medium businesses recover The Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government has a ...

Has the lockdown increased the chances of burnout? A recent survey found that almost 50% of managers believe that their emplo ...

14 day post-travel quarantine – Guidance for employers Earlier this month new regulations were put in place under which it is ...

Sex discrimination in the workplace Sex discrimination has continued to be an issue within society and this systematic sex di ...

HPC Update – July 2020   Kick start   The Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer recently announced a new ‘ki ...

What you need to know about the governments COVID19 Phase 2 plans.   As you may have seen, Chancellor, Rishi Sunak has o ...

Black Lives Matter – Now Is The Time To Make A Change.   On the 25th of May, there was another case of police brutality ...

  As usual, this month has been a whirlwind in terms of HR updates and changes. Our legal HR consultant, Daniel Meyer-Lo ...

How to have the “underperforming” chat with staff.   A realignment conversation is a diplomatic way of telling a staff m ...

COVID19 Discretionary Grant Fund for Small Businesses. Earlier last week the government announced an additional discretionary ...

COVID19 | Returning back to work HR FAQs   As businesses start to re-open, businesses will be faced with staffing issues ...

We’re here to help | Free Workplace Checklist and Action Plan  We appreciate this is a very difficult time for every business ...

Decrypting Boris's Updates | COVID19 Business Updates   I think like the rest of the nation, you are as confused as us w ...

HPC Law: COIVD19 Updates, CJRS & Financial Support There has been a number of updates and changes to keep track of this m ...

Extension of CJRS to end of June Yesterday evening, further Guidance for Employers was published by HMRC https://bit.ly/3ewlc ...

YOU still need to get ready for BREXIT   From February of this year, details of the UK’S post-Brexit immigration regime ...

COVID19 - How to manage employee holidays.   Balancing the annual leave of the workforce with operational needs can some ...

COVID19 Job Retention Scheme - What do we know now?   To date, the guidance on the Government’s COVI19 job retention sch ...

COVID19, Giving Staff 'FURLOUGH' status & the 'Good Work Plan' updates   In these uncertain times, we thought that i ...

COVID19 - FAQs on giving your staff ‘FURLOUGH’ status.   On Friday, the Government’s announced that they would pay up to ...

COVID19 - How will School closures impact your Business? It is hard to escape the mixed messages of what to do regarding COVI ...

COVID19 - Your Questions Answered. We understand there is a lot of confusion and panic surrounding COVID19. We have answered ...

The Good Work Plan In April every year, there are usually changes to statutory rates of maternity pay, sick pay and adoption ...

Following the Government’s commissioning of the Independent Taylor Review of Modern Work Practices, the Good Work Plan was de ...

Employee wellbeing and Engagement at John West Foods   Earlier this month we had a chance to speak with Lisa Yensen, HR ...

How will new immigration rules impact upon UK business? With the government confirming that there will be no special visas fo ...

Valentines in the workplace – Dos and don’ts   As you would expect, as an outsourced HR provider we aren’t big proponent ...

HPC had the opportunity to speak with the CEO of Mashbo  Gavin Sherratt. Gavin has made sure that Mental Health is at the cor ...

Starbucks upgrades its Mental Health Benefits. Among all of the expectations and desires of the modern workforce, a survey sh ...

When is a “belief” a belief?   The Equality Act 2010 was brought into force on 24 January 2010 – happy anniversary! &nbs ...

How you can overcome the 2020 'New Year Blues'. How have you been feeling since you have returned to work? Are you your norma ...

HPC have been fortunate enough to discuss with Agent Marketing how they have centred 'Employee Engagement & Wellbeing' in ...

How to support staff affected by SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder).   The temperature is dropping, the daylight hours ar ...

How to support transgender employees in the workplace.   Workforces across the country are made up of a diverse group of ...

64% Increase in Employment Tribunals   Employment Tribunal.   An employment tribunal (ET) case is not a process any ...

How to make sure employees have a healthy work-life balance all year long.   The 7th – 11th of October 2019 saw the popu ...

How to manage an employee who has started a ‘side hustle’.   With new opportunities like internet and digital innovation ...

How to support employee wellbeing (without telling them) In December 2009, Dr Anne Thornpike and her team of colleagues had a ...

Employment Law Update | September 2019 Equal Pay Claims   Employers are often concerned about equal pay and there have b ...

What you're doing wrong as an interviewer ? We all know that the job interview is a way of life to gain employment.  It’s wha ...

When should an employer become aware of an employees disability? A recent Employee Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has resulted in the ...

5 little known tips that could affect your business growth.   In a complex business environment, it can be easy to overl ...

Lifelong Learning: Making the most of your commute As Regional Director for Business for Breakfast I travel around Cheshire a ...

New laws to reduce the use of NDAs   With the implementation of new laws surrounding NDAs, employees will now be able to ...

Working during the hot weather With the UK in the middle of a heatwave and reports suggesting that we may see further increas ...

Are businesses ready to be transparent about CEO pay?   New regulations have been established for businesses with regard ...

The top 5 employment law cases in June   June has seen the UK bask in some of the best weather we have experienced in ye ...

Managing productivity and engagement within business   Staff engagement in key in terms of managing productivity within ...

Female police officers win tribunal case for sex discrimination   A recent tribunal has ruled that two female officers w ...

Acknowledging and Supporting Neurodiverse Employees   1 in 59 children are diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Condition w ...

The five main things that HR directors worry about   Over the years the role of a HR director has evolved and changed wh ...

Money Worries Affecting Workplace Performance A recent report based upon the Close Brothers’ Financial Wellbeing Index sugges ...

What’s pushing young talent away from your business?   For businesses getting millennials and generation Z workers can b ...

Mental Health Awareness Week Mental illness has become a big talking point after the realisation of the scale of the problem ...

The top five employment law cases in April   April has been a month that has brought us sunshine, rain and wind but alon ...

Menopause and the workplace Recently, there has been a significant focus on the menopause and how it affects women in the wor ...

Managers key to unlocking employee engagement   Employee engagement is key to long term success for a business. If an em ...

Developing Potential This is a guest post from Danny Clarke at Danny Clarke Training.   People and companies often use t ...

Tribunal rules that employee was racially discriminated against during drug investigation   A Tribunal has ruled that an ...

Does the Bank of England do enough in terms of diversity and inclusion? A committee made up of members of parliament have cri ...

Migration in the UK falls to ten year low   Within the UK migration from the European Union (EU) has dropped to the lowe ...

In a report done by the BBC it has been discovered that four in ten companies state that their gender pay gap has increased s ...

“ Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of your clients “ ...

This month, Daniel Meyer-Lopez from HPC Law outlines the relationship between health & safety and employment law.   ...

Planning for the end of the tax year If your company’s tax year ends on 31 March, you’re not alone – plenty of UK businesses ...

HPC Law Update - January 2019 This month, Daniel Meyer-Lopez from HPC Law outlines some key case law updates.   Employee ...

The Brexit deal that Theresa May had been working on was rejected by MPs in Parliament. The deal that was put forward was rej ...

The majority of employees in the UK went back to work just after the turn of the New Year, and it is highly probable that aft ...

The past year has been very hectic in terms of HR. The fast moving technological methods are taking place across every indust ...

Everyone loves a good party, and Christmas presents the perfect opportunity to throw or hold a staff party. It has become the ...

The start of a new year is a symbolic time for businesses. It can represent the start of what is anticipated to be a good yea ...

Another large data breach has come to the forefront of the world of news, with Marriott Starwood suffering a huge data breach ...

Are you looking for more Success in 2019? As this year draws to a close, many businesses are looking at how they can make 201 ...

Kenneth Ball who worked for First Direct Buses was fired for testing positive for cocaine, however after an employment tribun ...

CIPD has conducted research that has highlighted the fact that employers’ recruitment efforts are being affected by worsened ...

An employee has been awarded £8,000 for harassment following an accidental call that was regarded as ‘degrading’. The acciden ...

Wellbeing and health has had to be compromised by 44% of bosses in the UK due to pressure at work. A survey conducted by Vist ...

According to reports by a committee of MPs, the government is failing to address "routine and sometimes relentless" sexual ha ...

Where is the NHS now and is there any way back? You do not need me to paint too much of a picture when it comes to the strain ...

Review of apprenticeship levy rules announced by Chancellor   A controversial apprenticeship levy that was introduced in ...

Asking personal questions during a job interview Ever watched the Apprentice? Before it became more concerned with personalit ...

The importance of a clear and correctly worded resignation procedure The importance of having a clear procedure for handling ...

Phishing: You could be just one click away from losing your business   I wanted to share an incident with you that we ca ...

Has abolishing tribunal fees actually cost more?   In the past employment tribunals have been far and few between, howev ...

Mental Health at Work   Mental health problems have become more and more frequent both in day to day life and also work ...

Do dress codes and uniforms create unnecessary stress?   It’s the time of year again which many parents dislike for nume ...

Is talent management the key to retention of skilled workers?   Having skilled workers retained within your business for ...

Don't let work related stress define your life Work related stress should not define your work or home life if the correct me ...

Shared Parental Leave – why is it still not the norm? Back in 2015, Shared Parental Leave (SPL) was introduced by the governm ...

What are employees’ rights during the hot weather? The hottest day of the decade is set to take place on Thursday 26th July w ...

Intellectual Property rights Intellectual Property rights are often discussed in business, but rarely given the attention the ...

Papa John’s founder resigns over his racist behaviour John Schnatter resigns after apologising for using the N-word during a ...

Employers Liability Insurance This guest blog was put together by Carl Abbott from Lift Insurance.   Under the 1969 Empl ...

How can employers encourage employees to live a healthier lifestyle?   It’s Men’s Health Week this week (11th-17th June) ...

Preventing employees from pulling a ‘sickie’ for the World Cup It has been reported that almost 18 million Britons watched Pr ...

11 tips for a winning Recruitment and Retention strategy By Graeme Reil   England Football manager Gareth Southgate has ...

Why is it important to promote positive mental health in the workplace? Approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience ...

Resignations and restricting computer access Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, has resigned after she “inadvertently misled” MPs ov ...

Organisations who have failed to meet the Gender Pay Gap deadline will face investigations in June According to the Treasury ...

Females are happier in their job roles than males Following on from the Gender Pay Gap reporting deadline, Personal Group, ha ...

Social media policies in the workplace Social media is the collective of online communication channels dedicated to community ...

MPs launch #PayMeToo campaign to help tackle the gender pay gaps A cross-party group of female MP’s have created the #PayMeTo ...

DPD to offer drivers employment rights following the death of a self-employed courier DPD are set to offer their 6,000 driver ...

New fathers are losing out in the workplace The number of new fathers forced to go back to work due to poor paternity pay and ...

Next set to pay £30m in equal pay claim British fashion retailer, Next, are set to face a £30 million equal pay claim from th ...

Employees scared to report racist behaviour at work A new survey has reported that over half of employees in the UK have witn ...

Casual workers more likely to be jobless than permanent employees A new study has found that people employed in casual or par ...

Three Oxfam workers threatened witness during Haiti investigation Three of the men involved in Oxfam’s sexual misconduct scan ...

Managing bullying in the workplace Bullying in the workplace is abusive behaviour. It is when individuals create an intimidat ...

The need to promote gender diversity in the workplace According to research conducted by the CMI, 85% of women and 80% of men ...

Inflexible working arrangements means females can’t achieve their working potential According to a new survey, the lack of fl ...

Google sued over discrimination against white male employees Google is being accused of discriminating against two former eng ...

Robots set to replace more human jobs? The increase in the National Living wage could mean robots replace even more human job ...

Do you need to top up staff member’s holiday entitlement in 2018? Every few years, the Easter bank holidays cause massive Nat ...

Recruitment firms warn Ryanair cabin crew of ‘discipline proceedings’ Ryanair has been at it again with some questionable ant ...

A quarter of employees have intentionally leaked confidential business data Did you know that a quarter of employees have int ...

Bus company closes down after owner cannot bear to work with his employees Nippy Bus has suddenly closed down due to the owne ...

Seasonal workers: Contractual issues for employers Seasonal peaks can bring an influx of work at certain time of the year e.g ...

Unpaid internships and work experiences to be scrapped? There has been strong public support to ban unpaid internships and wo ...

Starbucks: how they develop to attract and retain… We all know that Starbucks makes great coffee (as do other coffee provider ...

Transgender people look for trans-friendly jobs when job hunting A recent survey conducted by Totaljobs found that just under ...

Only a third of HR managers are ‘confident they are not prejudiced’ when hiring A recent survey states that only 32% of HR ma ...

Gender Reassignment - What you need to know... A real issue in the workplace today is the lack of understanding in relation t ...

Mental Health – Spotting the signs of Mental Health It can very difficult to identify signs of mental health. The majority of ...

Why don’t employees feel comfortable to talk about their mental health? A recent study showed that 78% of employers think emp ...

Employee Vetting – What you need to know… Many organisations are starting to use employee vetting prior to making an offer of ...

Coughs, splutters, sniffles and worst of all…short term sickness and absence Whilst we are still having the odd short spell o ...

Restrictive Covenants - What you need to know We often find not everyone is fully up to speed on what a covenant is, so here ...

Why brands are introducing mental health first-aiders… As we approach World Mental Health day on 10 October, we take a look a ...

Managing pregnancy in the workplace    Pregnancy in the workplace is something that can be mismanaged at times, with employer ...

Making contractual changes If an individual needs any contractual changes to be made, a formal process of consultation must b ...

The need for Risk assessment in the workplace Over the last five years, accident reports sent to HSE and local authorities sh ...

Employee wellbeing can lead to a happy and healthy brand A happy employee can result in a direct positive experience for cust ...

Flexible working - Guidance from High Performance Consultancy Gone are the old days where everybody works 9am to 5pm, Monday ...

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - Data Protection Changes When the General Data Protection Regulation comes into fo ...

Bullying and Harassment in the workplace All employers promote the importance of staff engagement, work-life balance and empl ...

Google: A focus on people and recruiting right… A company which recruits well, is hard to get into and one that has a worldwi ...

Bereavement - Supporting employees through bereavement A bereavement can be nothing short of devastating and different people ...

Tribunal fees - A good week for ambulance chasers... Our Managing Director Victoria Brown gives her thoughts on the recent ru ...

Gender Pay Gap – BBC’s gender pay gap exposed as top ‘talent’ salaries are released A salary of £2.2m saw Chris Evans top the ...

Are employees putting a halt on their own progression and shying away from training?   Monday to Friday, 9 to 5. It’s ve ...

Creating a Diverse Culture to attract, retain and develop. According to a recent Harvard Business Review study, brands who ha ...

To dismiss or not to dismiss that is the question! In terms of conduct, most employers recognise when a disciplinary process ...

Guide to when dress codes should be relaxed to increase productivity   Dress codes for your employees are important and ...

Grenfell Tower tragedy shows the dangers of cost-cutting & quick fixes   The Grenfell Tower tragedy has highlighted ...

Election result – What does a hung parliament mean for HR & businesses? So the results are in… kind of.  The result of a ...

Managing & preventing employee burn-out   Employee productivity and well-being should be at the forefront of any suc ...

__     The shock general election set to take place on June 6th, less than 2 weeks away at the time of writing, has ...

Whistleblowing & law   Introduction to Whistleblowing Whistleblowing has been in the news recently with controversy ...

Mental health awareness week   This week is Mental Health Awareness Week; dedicated to removing the stigma & ignoran ...

What is ‘World Day for Safety and Health at Work’?   The International Labour Organisation (ILO) World Day for Safety an ...

Dealing with absences and calculating holiday pay Dealing with absences and calculating your businesses’ holiday pay for empl ...

How to handle a job interview Interviews can be stressful and difficult for a lot of people, even the most outgoing person ca ...

How to write an effective CV In the modern working world there is so much competition, even if you have high level degrees an ...

Most common ways managers fail to engage with their employees   Employee engagement within your business is a key part i ...

How to make LGBT employees feel more included in the workplace     The modern day workplace reflects our society as ...

  The final checklist: Brexit & article 50     In two of our previous High Performance blogs we’ve discuss ...

__   As parliament has now passed the Brexit bill it is widely anticipated that Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger ...

__   HR has a responsibility to play an important role in Health and Safety in the work place, which helps maintain a sa ...

      ____     Our last blog post focused on how managers can get the best out of their employees, b ...

__       The most important resource in your business is your staff; without productive and skilled employees ...

  __   Starting March 2017 the United Kingdom will begin the formal negotiations to leave the European Union. This ...

___   Hiring employees with no job description in place for their role could potentially lead to reduced productivity as ...

Managing the redundancy process, particularly around consultation is never easy, however as news reports have shown over the ...

At the beginning of the New Year there is a temptation to set all kinds of resolutions of what you are going to do different/ ...

Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have become a common “virtual” place for people to interact with each other both professionall ...

Christmas is the perfect time for suppliers to deliver branded mouse mats and calendars.  It is also a time when employees ar ...

It has been a tough year financially for many businesses and in this time of austerity, many are cutting their cloth accordin ...

Whilst it is Christmas for a lot of your employees, it could just be another day for others. There is no need to cancel Chris ...

There will be a lot of requests for annual leave over the Christmas period and if you cannot close the business, you will nee ...

Every year we see huge disruptions following the snowfall, leaving organisations with limited  resources as people struggled ...

Winter is traditionally the time when absenteeism increases as people are hit with the usual coughs and colds.  However, it c ...

During the Christmas period there could be more opportunities for your employees to go out for lunches. Indeed, some companie ...