There are some employment policies that don’t have a big impact. Not in terms of numbers of employees impacted, at least. But to a small handful of people, these policies make all the difference in the world. Let me give you a few examples: Fertility Treatment Policies. Domestic Violence Policies. Premature Birth. Cancer. Menopause. Carers. …
Remember the saying that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression? Your recruitment process is your first impression. The candidate experience is everything that happens between a potential new recruit engaging with your organisation in a way that leads to them becoming a candidate (most often, seeing a job advertisement) through to the conclusion of …
As someone who has been involved in policy work for a good while, I remember the days when creating an email policy was a big deal. It had the same level of focus that social media policies get today. I’m sure that when workplaces first introduced desk phones we felt the need to tell people …
The Labour party recently announced that should they return to government they would introduce flexible working from day one, with the intention that there would be a presumption for flexible working with all roles. It’s hard to see how this could work in practice – but of course it all depends on what we actually …
Wondering what all the GDPR fuss is about? There is plenty of information out there – so here is our attempt to make it simple. Here are the practical steps that you need to be taking today in order to be ready for the new regime in May. 1. Review your contracts of employment …
We spend a lot of time doing policy work for our clients. A little while ago the question arose…. Should we have a policy on the menopause at work? My immediate response, fuelled by a general dislike of having a policy for absolutely everything, was…. no. Why would we need one? And then …
Conflict happens in all organisations, to some degree or another. Wherever there are people, there are diverging views, approaches and thoughts and the workplace is no different. Whilst steps can be taken to prevent or minimise it, the chances are that it is something that every organisation will need to deal with at some point. This …
I’m a social media evangelist. You’ll usually find me advocating its use to and for everyone from business leaders to small business to HR professionals. But for all its benefits, social media is not completely without risk for the organisation. We’ve all heard the horror stories – in fact when I speak about it, I often …
Tim writes… Last week I attended a great event called ‘Our Digital Future’ run by the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The aim of the day was to bring together people working in the Digital and Creative sectors to discuss the skills and business support that are needed to enable those businesses to grow and …
Tim writes… Last week, I attended the inaugural Facilitation Shindig, run by the fabulous Julie Drybrough (in the group pic above, you can spot her at the right end of the front row). It was a get-together of a whole range of folks who get involved in facilitation in the workplace, in some form or another. As we went …
