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Leave and absence
The unpredictability of staff absence can make it a challenging HR task—and a costly one. The average UK worker is absent almost seven days annually, costing employers an average of £554 in sick pay. Yet although 87% of organisations collect ...
Sick Leave
It’s a fact of life that sometimes people get sick. Even with taking every precaution, there’s a risk of illness. When that happens, and an employee needs time off, your business needs to be prepared. Any loss of resource can mean reduced ...
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How should you shortlist candidates?
So, you’ve advertised a position, youve received a stack of applications, and the closing date has passed. The next step is to shortlist your ...
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Best practices for selecting new employees
ery few business owners would disagree that your employees make your organisation what it is. That’s why employee selection is so important—and why ...
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What is summary dismissal?
Summary dismissal is where you dismiss someone ‘instantly’—meaning without notice, and without pay in lieu of notice. Reasons for summary dismissal ...
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What is corporate hierarchy?
Corporate hierarchy reflected family responsibility, and in some businesses that’s still the case. However, most organisations today are much more ...
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Employee notice periods
You have a fair bit of leeway when specifying employee notice periods in your contract terms — but as always, your contract terms must be in line ...
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Handling employee references
Checking two references before hiring someone is a standard practice for almost every organisation. References help you weed out unsuitable ...
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The most common HR interview questions
HR screening interviews are a great way for HR to take the first crucial steps in a business’ recruitment process. They help you to find out what a ...
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Is having a corporate hierarchy important?
There was a time when it seemed every organisation had the same hierarchical structure. Most still do. The pyramid-like organisation of a small ...
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Forms of religious discrimination
Workforces now include people with a broader range of religious beliefs, as well as people with no religious beliefs at all. It’s no surprise, then, ...
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Racial discrimination examples
Unfair discrimination makes for an unhappy, unproductive workplace, too. But what is racial discrimination? If you’re to make sure it doesn’t happen ...
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What is an informal verbal warning?
An informal verbal warning is often all you need to improve an employee’s conduct or performance. You would normally issue this type of warning ...
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Popular recruitment techniques
Recruitment techniques are always evolving, and the Internet has significantly changed the landscape in recent years. Around two thirds of UK ...
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