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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 Law Update: Tribunal Claimants Beware!   Since the abolition of Tribunal fees for bringing a claim against an employ ...

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 ...

HPC Law Update: Employment Tribunal Time Limits.   The time limits for bringing a claim before the employment Tribunal a ...

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 ...

HPC Law Update: Brexit & Suspending Employees   Litigants in person Following the abolition in payment of fees for E ...

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 ...

Judge finds women was unreasonably dismissed after IVF treatment.   A recent employment tribunal case has finalised, in ...

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 ...

Guest Blog | How much does it cost you to process an invoice?   How many different suppliers do you place regular orders ...

Fighting against sexual harassment at the workplace. Sexual harassment within the workplace has taken the spotlight in recent ...

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

Agreement to change   In last month’s article, I wrote about the importance of changes in the contracts of employment an ...

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

The Bigger Picture with NDA’s NDA's Introduction   Non-disclosure agreements (NDA's) cases have become a prominent talki ...

Updated Timescales for responding to a subject access request. As of the 15th of August 2019 the Court of Justice for the Eur ...

Support & HR for Employees with Gambling Problems.   Gambling Addiction   With “Game week 1” of the Barclays Pr ...

FTSE 100 LGBT+ Diversity Failure. Following the ‘LGBT+ Price Festival’ in Liverpool, the prominence of LGBT+ diversity issues ...

Is HR prepared for a ‘NO-deal’ Brexit? With the uncertainty of the implications a ‘NO-deal’ Brexit will have on UK businesses ...

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 ...

Employment cases still increasing   According to official figures released by the Advisory, conciliation and Arbitration ...

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 ...

British Airways suffer  very costly data breach British Airways is facing the prospect of having to pay a record fine of £183 ...

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 ...

Sex Discrimination Article   This month we saw the Advertising Standards Agency’s anticipated ban on ‘harmful gender ste ...

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

Disability Discrimination   As an employer, dealing with employees who have disabilities can present challenges such as ...

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 ...

Employment Law Update No win, no fee Following the abolition of fees in Employment Tribunal cases, the Tribunals are now seei ...

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

Tengai - The HR recruiter of the future Bias, judgement and personal preference in job interviews may soon become things of t ...

Is the four-day working week the key to reducing employee burnout? It was found that in 2018 full-time employees in the UK wo ...

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 ...

UBER drivers back in the news Only three months ago, UBER drivers were considered to be ‘workers’ by the Court of Appeal. Thi ...

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 ...

Changes to the national minimum wage/statutory rates On April 1st 2019, the national minimum wage is set to change, with thos ...

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.   ...

Is the new self-employment offer from Hermes too good to be true? The delivery firm Hermes has announced that they have reach ...