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Staff Behaving Badly: Is Misconduct Outside Work a Fair Dismissal?
At some stage it is likely that most employers will have to deal with employees behaving badly outside of work (1). The chances are that with mobile phone and CCTV footage and social media posts of s…
Social Media and Its Growing Role in the Hiring and Firing Of Staff
It appears the online ramblings of job hunters are influencing a significant number of employers when it comes to hiring new staff. It has been reported that a new survey has revealed that a third of…
Sexual Harassment at Work: Alarming Number of Women Being Harassed in the Workplace
The shocking extent of sexual harassment of female employees in the workplace has been revealed in a new report (1). More than half of the women (52 per cent) who took part in a study carried out by…
Disciplinary Appeals Process: Get it Wrong and You Could Pay Dearly
Getting a disciplinary decision wrong can prove costly, which means the benefit of a fair appeal process is priceless. After postman Anthony Holt was reportedly fired for attempting to break into his…
Is office work killing you? Workout to beat the dangers of being desk-bound.
Pay attention to every survey with a health warning and you will be afraid to do many things – and you can now add going to work and sitting at a desk to that list. New research has found that sittin…
Feeling the heat in the workplace
As temperatures soared during the recent hot spell keeping cool in the workplace became the focus of attention. The recent heatwave saw temperatures of up to 33.5C (92.3F) making Britain hotter…
Apprenticeship scheme still has work to do to create the right impression
Many recent school leavers will take their first tentative steps into the world of work through the apprenticeship scheme (1), but it’s an option that appears to be frowned upon by numerous parents (…
How will the decision to leave the European Union (EU) impact employment?
It remains unclear quite what the future holds for Britain and its employment practices after the vote to leave the European Union (1). Concerned business leaders have appealed for calm and more clar…
The Right and Wrong Way to Manage Poor Performance in the Workplace
There are effective ways to deal with underperforming employees but lining them up, spanking them and cutting their hair is certainly not one of them.A video has emerged online showing a motivational…
Businesses Lose an Estimated £190m Every Year with 67% of Employees Admitting to Theft in the Workplace
It appears workers are not afraid to help themselves when it comes to stealing from their employer. A survey revealed that two thirds of office-based employees freely admitted they had robbed from wo…
Stop the Press: Dealing with Workplace Problems Before They Become News
Employment practices in a number of high profile cases have made headlines in the past week.The separate appearances of the owner of Sports Direct and the former Chief Executive of British Home Store…
Euro 2016 Workplace Policy: Avoid showing staff the red card during a summer of sport
With a bumper summer of sport on the way a new study has revealed four in ten men are prepared to take a sickie to make sure they do not miss out on the action (1,2). The research by Grosvenor Casino…
