In the UK, unpaid leave is a flexible benefit that provides numerous advantages to employees and employers. This article gives a comprehensive overview of unpaid [...]
Continuous performance management is a set of processes that track and evaluate an employee’s productivity in line with the objectives of a company. The aim [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a great deal of disruption around the world. Businesses globally have taken a huge blow, with HR departments bearing the [...]
Calculating holiday entitlements can be confusing, especially within companies that employ full-time, part-time and variable-hour employees or have staff on zero-hour contracts. In this article, [...]
Employee background checks are a vital part of the pre-employment screening process. They give employers the chance to verify a prospective candidate’s criminal record, credit [...]
Job design is an increasingly popular HR strategy for optimising employee motivation and productivity. But what is job design in HRM? In this article, we [...]
Flexible working solutions, such as compressed hours, flexi-time and remote working, are becoming increasingly popular. The pandemic has forced many companies to re-assess how their [...]
In this article, we will discuss how a staff appraisal meeting can improve an employee’s performance. We will break down what staff appraisals are, how [...]
“For some people, failure is the end of the world,” writes Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck, “but for others, it’s this exciting new opportunity.” In [...]
Does your company track employee holidays? Have you ever considered implementing a policy for unlimited holidays? In this article, we will take a look at [...]
A payslip is a summary of an employee’s earnings and deductions. As an employer, payroll can often be complicated. Although the main function of payroll [...]
We had the opportunity to speak to Maureen Doherty, head of HR at a UK public sector organisation. In this interview, we discuss Maureen’s career [...]
We had the opportunity to speak with HR expert Stephen Elkins-Jarrett regarding his career in HR, and his experience and insights working with HR software [...]
As Boris announced his new measures to subside the growing increase in coronavirus cases, the sense of another lockdown was looming. The UK population is [...]