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5 days ago · Safety and wellbeing | Why domestic abuse is a business issue, and what to do about it . One in five employees experiences domestic abuse in their lifetime. Work may be the only safe place for many victim-survivors of domestic abuse.
How to navigate Christmas parties under the new Worker …
Nov 26, 2024 · Here’s how to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment: Choose the right venue: select a location that aligns with your company values and is accessible to all employees, including those with disabilities.; Encourage inclusivity: ensure the event theme and activities respect the cultural and religious diversity of your workforce.; Manage alcohol responsibly: offer non-alcoholic options and ...
HR Magazine - Breaking the silence: Employee voice
Jul 9, 2018 · A seat at the table. For Janet Williamson, senior policy officer in the economic and social affairs department at the TUC, putting workers on boards “should absolutely be made regulation”.She says: “It’s a very important element of worker voice as it gives workers access to all information, and gets their voices included in high-level, strategic decisions at …
HR Magazine - Ethics and HR
Apr 16, 2019 · “The human race needs to change the way it lives, and the way in which it does business is an important part of that. If we don’t change the human race won’t be fine.
How can HR effectively reduce sickness absence?
Dec 6, 2024 · Barbara Matthews, chief people officer at HR software company Remote. Offering flexibility in working hours and location can go a long way to reducing the total number of sick days taken by a workforce. In a work environment that requires employees to be physically present in an office on a rigid schedule, employees can feel forced to choose between their work and their personal life which, in ...
Employment law changes: What HR needs to know
Aug 29, 2024 · These included changes to legislation on working hours, sexual harassment, unfair dismissal, tribunal claims and ethnicity pay gap reporting. Working hours. The Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 was granted Royal Assent in September 2023, and was originally due to come into force this September.
Threefold spike in WhatsApps used as tribunal evidence
Oct 23, 2024 · In 2019, 150 employment tribunals used WhatsApp messages as evidence; this increased to 427 in 2024. This reflected an increase in employees using WhatsApp to send informal messages to colleagues while working from home, the analysis, published today (23 October), suggested. “Traditionally WhatsApp has predominantly been used for social purposes, so its use for work-related communications ...
HR Magazine - Taking the grief out of grievances
Sep 19, 2019 · It's best to air grievances effectively within the organisation or through external mediation, before they become tribunal cases
Legal ease: Rules on preventing sexual harassment are changing
Oct 11, 2024 · The implementation of the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 will introduce significant obligations on all employers when it comes to dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace.While employers can already be held vicariously liable for acts of sexual harassment carried out by their employees, this legislation goes further and introduces a legal obligation on all ...
Public vs. private vs. third sector HR: The unique challenges
Jul 19, 2017 · Our July cover piece explores the fact that the skills required to be a public, private or third sector HRD are more transferable than previously assumed, with organisations in each often more similar than you might think.. But there are some undeniably unique features of each sector that prospective multi-sector HR professionals must bear in mind: ...