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Employee Retention Rates

Employee Retention Rates

21 February 2018

There is no doubt that high turnover of staff can impact on any type of business. It can make providing a sustained, quality service difficult and have an adverse effect on company growth as well as that all-important bottom...

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Flexible Working

Flexible Working Applications

31 May 2017

Flexible working seems to be causing some confusion among employers and employees alike. In this article we look at what it really means. There are a number of different ways to work flexibly: job sharing, working from home or a...

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Stress Awareness

05 May 2017

Did you know that April was Stress awareness month? Don’t stress if you didn’t, it’s never too late to address the issue of stress, especially on your workforce, and discuss the best ways of minimising its effects. “The adverse...

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Retaining Existing Staff

Retaining Existing Staff

21 April 2017

As many a business owner will tell you, it’s not enough to simply hire great people to work for you, you have to work to keep them too! One of the key points to this is understanding what makes...

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Summary of HR Changes from 6th of April

Summary of HR Changes from 6th of April

03 April 2017

As with most years, this April sees several changes coming into effect that employers and HR departments need to be aware of and perhaps put the necessary processes in place. There’s no doubt that the most significant new legislation...

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Stereotypes in the Workplace

Stereotypes in the Workplace

19 March 2017

Stereotypes are basically assumptions we make about a person based on things such as appearance, gender, race or even where they live, based on little or no personal knowledge about them. We’ve all had a chuckle at the ‘ditzy...

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15 CoWorker Habits we all Love to Hate

15 CoWorker Habits we all Love to Hate

27 June 2016

Most of us spend more time with our work colleagues than we do with our families! So it doesn’t come as a massive surprise that we soon start to get irritated by their annoying habits. Most of the time,...

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