Employment Relations

It is important to keep your employees focused and motivated if they are going to make a valuable contribution to the company. To do this, one of the many mechanisms used is the appraisal. ...

How to cope with people who push your buttons at work. Different strategies and how it’s just as important to see if you can change your reactions to their behaviour as well as try to get them to ...

The many considerations you need to take into account when considering a career change. Financial implications, family considerations and steps you should take to ensure whether or not a career ...

When you first find out that you are going to be made redundant, it's not uncommon to experience a number of emotions. You might feel shock and fear as to what's going to happen to you. You'll feel ...

How it is necessary to undertake a criminal background check on potential employees in order to protect the most vulnerable sectors of society. How the information is gathered and what it is used ...

How legislation and diversity issues have made it easier for women to work in employment which has always been traditionally occupied by men. The importance of disregarding your gender and to simply ...

Nobody said the world of work would be all plain sailing and at some point in your career you're bound to face some conflicts. People break the rules and fall out with colleagues or bosses every ...

It’s well accepted that from time to time, we’re all going to have some kind of conflict with our immediate supervisors. After all, problems and issues will always surface occasionally within the ...

Discrimination at work has been a real problem for some people in the UK, making it difficult for certain groups to get jobs or making their working life miserable. Everyone has the right to be ...

How an independent assessment should be the start of the procedure for identifying and implementing diversity training. How workplace diversity should be adopted as an accepted cultural change of ...

Beginning a new job with a whole new set of colleagues can produce a mixed range of emotions. You might be excited by your new role and can’t wait to start, but as the day draws closer you may be ...

The benefits of adopting flexible working practices and the different types of flexible working arrangements. Advantages for employers, employees and customers and the law on requesting flexible ...

The procedures to follow to instigate strike action if a resolution to a dispute cannot be found. What employers and workers can and cannot do legally during strike action. The rules about ...

How extending an interest in your employees’ welfare to include outside of the workplace will also benefit a company in so many ways when the workers are actually in work. Ways in which employers can ...

Things to consider on how to make a good impression at work on the first day, learning to listen as well as ask questions. Defining your role and ensuring that you are well-equipped to deal with the ...

How ‘unexplained’ absenteeism at work usually involves an element of stress as its root cause. How companies can adopt cultural changes to improve staff attendance and also reduce absenteeism by ...

How it’s crucial for employers to keep hold of their talented workers. How to identify where employers might be going wrong and what are the key concerns for workers in terms of them feeling they ...

How there are many things you can introduce into the workplace to improve staff morale and boost motivation and how poor morale can do damage to the prospects of a business, sometimes irreparably. ...

Whenever you start a new job it's highly likely that you will be expected to complete some sort of company induction before getting started in your role. Although the process may vary from ...

What is a Lay-Off? When employees are not given any work by their employer and the situation is regarded as temporary, they are regarded as 'laid off'. Where the lay-off amounts to ...

How to manage conflict or confrontation at work. The most common causes of workplace conflict and signs that conflict is emerging. How communication and compromise can often help to resolve ...

How the meaning of nepotism in the workplace has become broader in definition terms to also include any kind of help you’ve received in getting on from friends as well as family members. How it’s ...

We all know that office romances and affairs happen. They're certainly nothing new. What has changed, however, is the attitude of employers towards this conduct. In ...

How companies are increasingly turning to carrying out background checks on potential employees, the various kinds of background checks that can be carried out. The legal implications to a company ...

If you are facing redundancy, you should still be treated fairly by your employer and there are certain steps they would be expected to follow. You may also be entitled to a redundancy payment. ...

How whistleblowing needs to be carefully thought through before going ahead and what you need to be aware of and the implications for taking action which could result in both good and bad depending ...

Over the past few years, Sundays have changed from the tranquil relaxation at the end of a hard working week to a day when people choose to do their weekly grocery shop, visit their garden centre or ...

Your normal working hours should be set out in your employment contract. Unless you choose to (or you work in a sector which has its own special rules), the Working Time Regulations state that you ...

How companies and all who work within them must embrace the concept of workplace diversity if they want to remain competitive businesses. Why diversity helps a business and the challenges that must ...