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Why bullying is harmful
The damaging impact of bullying in the workplace
The harmful effect of bullying in the workplace can be both devastating and costly.
Employers should take a zero-tolerance approach to any typ…
The importance of HR
Human Resources management is often viewed as a guard dog for bad management and business owners and it is a role that has certainly divided opinion.An online article (1) published last year listed f…
Evaluating the benefit of the performance appraisal
Asking an employee to highlight their strengths and weaknesses can produce some interesting results.
It is not always easy to get a worker to reflect on their performance, but it can certainly b…
Managing all aspects of performance
An organisation is only as good as the performance of its staff, so being clear on how you assess the workforce is crucial.By the sound of it performance appraisal and performance management may appe…
Disciplining an employee when a previous warning is past its expiry date
Having to discipline the same worker some time later for exactly the same allegation is not always as straightforward as it seems.An employer may be tempted to take the view that the employee has bee…
How performance management is done
No matter how good or skilled a worker is there is likely to come a time when that performance dips. It is understandable that from time to time employees can have a blip, but if that drop in t…
How to complain when serious problems arise in the workplace
Life in the workplace does not always run smoothly and as an employee there may come a time when you have cause for serious complaint.
If this is the case you can raise a formal grievance (1)…
The importance of keeping up to date with employment law
It has never been more important for employers to be up to date with ever changing and complex employment law legislation.
Many employers may have been lulled into a false sense of security in r…
what is a settlement agreement
Agreeing the way forward when the employment relationship no longer works
All working relationships do not smoothly and when they do break down it can be with damaging consequences.
Trying to…
Agreeing the way forward when the employment relationship no longer works
All working relationships do not smoothly and when they do break down it can be with damaging consequences.
Trying to resolve such matters amicably can be difficult especially with emotions on…
Getting it right when choosing staff for redundancy
In challenging financial times the question of which staff to select for redundancy can be one of the toughest for any employer.
Downturn in profits, a desperate need to restructure or loss of…
How to avoid feeling sick when dealing with an employee’s illness
There are many matters employers need to handle with great care and sensitivity and dealing with sicknesses absence is one of them.Whenever employees are off work there are cost implications and it c…
