
Employment Law Update | January 2021
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 ...
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
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
£4.6 billion in new lockdown grants The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak has announced £4.6 billion of new lockdown grants. Businesses ...

COVID19 | Lockdown 3
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
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?
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
Employment Law Update | November 2020 Changes to Notice Pay & Furlough Until 1 December 2020, employers were allowed to c ...

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

Furlough update and changes
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 remotel ...
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 n ...
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 redundan ...
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
Employment Law Update | October 2020 Just when you thought the pathway was clear… In last month's employment law updat ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Should businesses introduce a four day workin ...
Should businesses introduce a four day working week? The furlough scheme introduced by the government is due to end in Octobe ...

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

HPC Law Update – August 2020
HPC Law Update – August 2020 Now that businesses have largely re-opened they should have shared their COVID risk asses ...

To Furlough or not to Furlough: that is the q ...
To Furlough or not to Furlough: that is the question The furlough/Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), introduced on Apri ...

Has the lockdown increased the chances of bur ...
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 ...
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 in the workplace Sex discrimination has continued to be an issue within society and this systematic sex di ...

HPC Law: Kick Start Scheme & Furlough Changes
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 C ...
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 ...
Black Lives Matter – Now Is The Time To Make A Change. On the 25th of May, there was another case of police brutality ...

HPC Law: Flexible Furlough & Diversity Inclus ...
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 s ...
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 Bu ...
COVID19 Discretionary Grant Fund for Small Businesses. Earlier last week the government announced an additional discretionary ...

COVID19 | Returning back to work HR FAQs
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 ...
We’re here to help | Free Workplace Checklist and Action Plan We appreciate this is a very difficult time for every business ...

COVID19 - Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme.
We have received further guidance on the Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme (SSPRS) The coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay R ...

Decrypting Boris's Updates | COVID19 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 Su ...
HPC Law: COIVD19 Updates, CJRS & Financial Support There has been a number of updates and changes to keep track of this m ...

COVID-19: Extension of CJRS to end of June
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
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.
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 kno ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 you ...
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.
COVID19 - Your Questions Answered. We understand there is a lot of confusion and panic surrounding COVID19. We have answered ...

'The Good Work Plan' Changes - What You NEED ...
The Good Work Plan In April every year, there are usually changes to statutory rates of maternity pay, sick pay and adoption ...

Employment Law Update: Are you ready for 'Goo ...
Following the Government’s commissioning of the Independent Taylor Review of Modern Work Practices, the Good Work Plan was de ...

CASE STUDY – Employee well-being and Engageme ...
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 ...
How will new immigration rules impact upon UK business? With the government confirming that there will be no special visas fo ...

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

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