Anti-Strike Laws | Employment Law Update Kendal Hulme, our Head of Operations, provides a legal update on the proposed anti-strike laws including what it involves and how it will have an impact on future strike action. Anti-Strike Laws In the midst of months of Nationwide of Industrial Action from nurses, ambulance workers, teachers, rail workers… Continue reading →

U-Turn in Annual Leave Calculation You may have read our blog in August 2022 where we discussed the shock Supreme Court ruling surrounding annual leave entitlement of term-time and part-year employees. You can read this previous article here. Following on from this, there has been a significant U-turn in the ruling. It involved the case… Continue reading →

Managing sickness during the Cold and Flu season In this article, Senior HR Consultant, Louise Angell explores managing sickness during the cold and flu season and offers advice on how to reduce the spread within the workplace. We have all seen a big spike in cold and flu cases this season compared to the last… Continue reading →

Why should employers invest more in Learning & Development? In this article, Senior HR Consultant, Claire McGuinness discusses both the benefits and challenges of Learning & Development. Although the pandemic is now behind us, many people have reconsidered their current careers. Research shows that 69% of UK workers are ready to move jobs.  Reasons include the… Continue reading →

Managing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) In this article, Health and Safety expert, Adam Williams discusses Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and how to manage this. Dark mornings, darker evenings, and chilly grey days in between mean winter is here – and with the coldest season come the winter blues. There’s no clinical diagnosis for the “winter… Continue reading →

Liverpool Business Gym | HR and H&S for your business – Because people matter Date: Wednesday 22nd February 2023 Time: 12:30 PM – 2 PM Location: Hilton Liverpool City Centre, 3 Thomas Steers Way, Liverpool, L1 8LW Join us and other business leaders from around the city at this event where we will be discussing… Continue reading →

peopleHUB | CSR – Are you doing your bit? Join us as we host peopleHUB’s upcoming event focusing on the importance of CSR and how employers can get involved. Date: Wednesday 8th February 2023 Time: 9:15 am – 10 am Location: Zoom Our first webinar of 2023 will be focusing on CSR. Ethical responsibility is… Continue reading →

Flexible Working Requests to be a day-one right | Employment Law Update Kendal Hulme, our Head of Operations, provides a legal update on the Flexible Working Bill as changes mean that flexible working requests will now be a day-one right. Kendal discusses the impacts and challenges of these changes within this article. Flexible Working Requests… Continue reading →

Is a four-day week right for your business? In this article, Senior HR Consultant, Claire McGuinness discusses the benefits and pitfalls of a four-day working week, as well as the impact of this on flexible working requests. In June this year 100 companies in the UK, employing 2,600 staff, moved to a permanent four-day week… Continue reading →

Managing workplace temperature | Health and Safety In this article, Health and Safety expert, Colin Jones discusses workplace temperature and offers advice to employers on how to manage hot and cold temperatures within the workplace. The issue of workplace temperatures has been raised several times recently and there still seems to be some misunderstanding surrounding… Continue reading →