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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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What is a human resource information system (HRIS)?
A human resource information system or HRIS software is a digital solution, platform, or database with tools to help small or large businesses manage ...
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Hiring for your business
As the world’s business leaders attest, securing the best talent is vital to achieving success. “The key for us, number one, has always been hiring ...
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Group interviews
A group interview is just as it sounds: you invite multiple applicants to be interviewed at the same time. It’s challenging for your candidates—and ...
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What is an exit interview?
You can conduct exit interviews when an employee is leaving the business. With this process, you can aim to get an understanding about their reasons ...
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How should you handle an office romance?
When two employees engage in a romantic relationship of any kind, it's a workplace affair. This includes extramarital affairs in the workplace. A ...
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What are employee assistance programmes?
As a business owner, you have a responsibility to look after your employee's wellbeing, as well as their physical and mental health. You can do this ...
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Teamwork
Teamwork is what happens when a group of people come together and collectively achieve something. Teamwork offers organisations and employees the ...
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How to manage and reduce staff turnover
Every time your employees quit, it costs you to replace them and unsettles your team. Thats why its important that you look at how to reduce staff ...
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The cost of employee turnover
What would you do with £30K? Buy a luxury sports car? Put down a deposit for a house? Replace a member of staff who’s left? Yes, you’ve read that ...
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Staff retention
Employees leaving your company is unavoidable. But every time someone leaves, it costs you both time and ...
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Improving employee and staff retention
If you aren’t measuring employee turnover and retention, you may not be aware of it. But when a high proportion of your staff leave voluntarily each ...
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