Starting at the beginning. What is probation? A probation policy / procedure refers to the requirement of a new employee to complete a probationary period or “trial period” for want of a better phrase, during which time their performance and achievements are assessed...
Last week the Northern Ireland Assembly backed the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Bill. This is such an important piece of legislation which truly has an employee (in this case a bereaved parent) at its centre. No one wants to think about the tragic...
HR Made Easy. That is my mission. All too often I see small business owners tie themselves in knots with worry and fear all because they anticipate the worst. From experience, from a HR perspective, when a business owner gets two things right – they make life...
Always check references when recruiting Why you should never overlook the importance of checking references for recruitment candidates . When I recruit, after the interviews and we have found our preferred candidate, I always follow the same process: ✅ make a...
In a previous blog we started at the beginning when I asked you if you knew whether you had workers, employees or both? I covered the basics and explained why you needed to know… if you haven’t read it yet then you can check it out here. I was talking with a client...
Hi Guys, Many people ask me – so what do you do for your clients? I could be here answering that all day. But I thought perhaps the best thing would be to make a simple list of the types of queries I hear from new clients on a regular basis. The common HR questions...
