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Four Tips for Managing Sickness Absence

It’s inevitable that from time to time, your members of staff will get sick. It’s to be expected, and it’s something that you can’t really avoid as you grow your business and your workforce. As an employer though, you need to be sure that you’re managing your sickness policies and procedures in the right way. Without a robust approach, you could quickly find that sickness absence is seriously damaging productivity, and in turn, damaging your profits. So what’s the solution? Check out these four tips for ensuring that you’re covered.…

2nd June 2015

The REAL Reasons Why You Should Recruit

There comes a time in the working lives of many business owners when they think that recruitment is their only option. Orders are increasing, profit is looking extremely healthy, and they’re keen to expand and take things to the next level. Sound familiar? At this stage, it’s likely that your nearest and dearest are either urging you to take the plunge and bring on your first member of staff. Of course, it should go without saying that you should rarely turn to friends and family for business advice. They might…

2nd June 2015

Avoid These Shady Ways Of Holding On To Your Staff

Do you ever stop for a second to consider the consequences of your staff deciding to leave your business? You’ve no doubt put masses of time, effort, and money into finding and recruiting the very best people, so it makes good business sense to think about how you can continue to make a return on your investment by nurturing your employees, and doing all you can to hold on to them. Sure, sometimes people decide to move on, and it’s often just an inevitable part of running your own team.…

2nd June 2015

How To Handle The ‘Year Of The Candidate’

This year has been billed ‘The Year Of The Candidate’, due to skills shortages in the marketplace. Ever since the term was first coined in a Wall Street Journal article at the very beginning of January, the concept quickly gained momentum amongst HR circles and those who are passionate about matching the best people with the right roles. But as a business owner, how will this have an impact on the work you do? Basically, there aren’t enough white-collar professionals to go round. If you want to fill your higher-level…

2nd June 2015

Don’t accept mediocrity from your HR provider

Think that HR is just about making sure that you don’t break the law, and having all the right paperwork in order? You wouldn’t be alone in thinking that. It’s an approach that many business owners take, even in huge organisations that have the time and the resources readily available to do things differently. Here’s the thing though. If your HR practices are limited to firefighting problems – like dealing with disciplinary issues, or handling poor performing members of staff – then you’re missing out on one of the biggest…

2nd June 2015

Would you ignore Richard Branson’s business advice?

When you think of influential people from the world of business, Richard Branson is a name that’s likely to feature pretty high up on your list. With a multi-billion pound empire that has included transport, music, and even his own private island getaway retreat, he certainly knows a thing or two about creating and sustaining huge success. With that in mind, it might pay to carefully consider his latest comments on the value of mentoring. Speaking via a recorded message to an event on mentoring hosted by Purple Cubed, he…

9th May 2015

Will you lose a third of your employees this year?

The figures are in, and research from the Institute of Leadership and Management suggests that 1 in 3 employees plan to change jobs this year. It’s double the proportion from last year, and it demonstrates that even if you think your staff are happy and fulfilled in their roles, there could be more going on beneath the surface. Will you have to deal with unexpected recruitment drives in 2015 to replace leavers? And are you doing everything you can to hold on to the very best people in your business?…

1st May 2015

What to do when your staff resist technological change

Technology is moving at the speed of the light, and this is undoubtedly presenting a huge and unmissable opportunity for employers. Want to make your processes more effective? Need to ramp up productivity and improve output? With the right technological solution, just about anything is possible. The big question here though, is just how well received the changes will be when you introduce them to your staff. Through the years, change, in its many forms, has been the cause of many headaches for business owners and HR professionals alike. Even…

25th April 2015

Enforced Subject Access Requests Are Now Illegal

Here’s What Employers Need To Know If you are currently using enforced subject access requests to gather information about candidates during your recruitment exercises, you are committing a criminal offence. The new law came into force on 10th March 2015, and it’s likely that many businesses will need to update their practices to ensure that they’re compliant. Previously, it was legally acceptable for employers to require job applicants to provide details of their criminal history through subject access requests, under the provisions outlined in the Data Protection Act 1998. Employment…

20th April 2015

What will the general election mean for business owners?

With the general election looming on the horizon, the key parties are honing their policies and starting to pull out all the stops when it comes to showing the country what they could achieve if they win those all-important votes. Whatever your political leanings happen to be, it’s definitely worth considering what the overall result could mean for you as an employer. Results from a very recent Guardian/ICM opinion poll suggest that it’s going to be a close fight, with 36% of respondents stating that they intend to vote Conservative,…

9th April 2015

Category: Uncategorised

Four Tips for Managing Sickness Absence

The REAL Reasons Why You Should Recruit

Avoid These Shady Ways Of Holding On To Your Staff

How To Handle The ‘Year Of The Candidate’

Don’t accept mediocrity from your HR provider

Would you ignore Richard Branson’s business advice?

Will you lose a third of your employees this year?

What to do when your staff resist technological change

Enforced Subject Access Requests Are Now Illegal

What will the general election mean for business owners?

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Your people | our passion | your success

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Meraki HR South:
Registered Address:
Unit 5 - The Workshed,
London Street,
Swindon
SN1 5DG

Meraki HR North:
Office Location:
Suite 4, Kendal Business Hub,
South Lakeland House,
Angel Yard, 21-23 Highgate,
Kendal, LA9 4DY

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Unit 5 - The Workshed,
London Street,
Swindon
SN1 5DG

Meraki HR North:
Suite 4, Kendal Business Hub,
South Lakeland House,
Angel Yard, 21-23 Highgate,
Kendal, LA9 4DY