Changes to the Covid Job Retention Scheme – otherwise known as the furlough scheme came into effect on 1st August. Government 🏢 will pay 80% of wages, up to a cap of £2,500 Employers 👩💼 will pay ER NICS and pension contribution. For the average claim...
One of the most popular questions on furlough is managing annual leave. Annual leave rules state the employer can insist staff take annual leave at certain times providing that they give twice the length of notice as the leave staff are required to take. Notice...
Every business owner who wants to scale and grow their business will have to recruit new staff. I am always asked by clients what are my top tips for recruiting staff? Maybe as you read this blog you are that small business owner who needs to recruit a new...
Business owners say to me all the time “why should I go to an HR training course? I don’t want to learn about HR, I just want to run my business”. Yes I get it, sitting in a HR training course listening to someone tell you all the things you can’t do as an employer...
I am finally able to share publicly some exciting news I have been holding onto since the summer. I am very proud and delighted to announce that I will be working in partnership with Enterprise NI as the Lead People Delivery Partner on their amazing new Generate...
One of the biggest sticking points for people managing a recruitment campaign is the paperwork and creating the job description. What is a job description? How much detail is enough? How do I know what to include and what to leave out? How can I get people to...