‘Annualised hours’ are the total number of hours an employee works in one year. It refers to a type of employment contract where the employee commits to working
Garden leave is used by employers as a protective measure to ensure that key employees exiting a business have a minimal impact on its reputation and ongoing success.
Feedback is critical to individual growth, both professional and personal. But people take and give feedback in different ways. Not everyone is comfortable having potentially difficult conversations, and
Recruiting best talent is critical to all organisations. But recruitment decisions can, and often are, influenced by unconscious recruitment biases. Such biases can be hard to identify, but
Understanding how bank holidays work in the context of holiday entitlement, and your employee’s right to paid time off, is important when it comes to keeping your workforce
When an employee is underperforming at work, it can be a tricky and sensitive situation for managers to deal with. Mishandling the issue can exacerbate the problems and
In this guide for employers, we examine the pros and cons of shifting to a four-day working week, and consider the practical implications for employers of implementing such
Making the recruitment process as efficient as possible is a reasonable commercial objective for employers. One solution is to use group interviews during the early stages of recruitment.
Continued shortages of skills and labour are placing talent attraction and retention high on organisation’s business risks. A proactive approach to workforce planning is one way that employers
Favouritism in the workplace, or being perceived to be treating some staff more favourably than others without good reason, can create tensions and expose employers to legal claims.
