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How to Navigate Tricky HR Situations with Confidence
A practical guide for small business owners and managers Managing people is one of the most rewarding yet challenging parts of running a...
Sally Brandon
2 days ago4 min read
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Supporting Parents: A Guide to the Neonatal Care and Pay Policy for Small Businesses
If you run a small business, you’ve probably already dealt with the many layers of employment law and HR policies that come with managing...
Sally Brandon
6 days ago4 min read
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Workplace Stress (and What Employers Can Do About It)
Stress. It’s something we all deal with now and then, but for many UK workers, it’s becoming more than just the odd tough day—it’s a...
Sally Brandon
Apr 233 min read
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Bank Holidays: What Small Business Owners Need to Know
Bank holidays might feel like a welcome break for many, but if you’re running a small business, they can raise a few tricky questions....
Sally Brandon
Apr 223 min read
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What HR can learn from Christmas movies 🎄
Santa hat on a clapperboard with a Christmas gift I love a Christmas film don't you? My family thinks I am silly but it came in handy...
Sally Brandon
Dec 18, 20243 min read
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Tis the season to celebrate .....
Christmas is not far away and I am already receiving invites to work holiday parties (yes I have called it a holiday party not a...
Sally Brandon
Nov 22, 20243 min read
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The three biggest workplace conflicts and how to fix them
Workplace conflict is nothing new. We spend a huge chunk of our lives at work, rubbing shoulders with managers and colleagues who have...
Sally Brandon
Oct 21, 20243 min read
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Employment Rights Bill 2024 - What does it mean for your business?
Yesterday Labour unveiled the hotly anticipated proposed changes to the Employment Rights Bill. For a lot of us HR folk that were hoping...
Sally Brandon
Oct 11, 20243 min read
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Baby Loss Awareness Week
Few experiences can compare to the trauma and pain of pregnancy and baby loss and BLAW is a time to remember babies and pregnancies that...
Sally Brandon
Oct 9, 20242 min read
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Is your business guilty of “wellbeing washing”?
What is Wellbeing Washing and how can you avoid it? There’s often a disconnect between what employees expect from wellbeing support and...
Sally Brandon
Sep 23, 20242 min read
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Big Stay Era and Its Implications for Business Owners
Bye bye to “The Great Resignation” and hello to the “Big Stay Era” The aftermath of COVID-19 brought a wave of change and adaptation for...
Sally Brandon
Aug 28, 20242 min read
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Can you legally ask if someone is neurodivergent?
The CIPD estimates that 1 in 5 people are neurodivergent in some way, representing a significant proportion of any workforce. Businesses...
Sally Brandon
Jul 22, 20243 min read
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How unconscious bias can affect employee engagement and retention
While most of us have heard the term ‘unconscious bias’, it’s easy to dismiss it as something that affects others and not us. The reality...
Sally Brandon
Jun 13, 20244 min read
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It's a Summer of Sport!
Summer of Sport This summer is set to be one full of sport including: ⚽️ Euro 2024 Football 🎾 Wimbledon 🏃🏽♂️ Olympics Games 2024 🏊🏻...
Sally Brandon
Jun 10, 20243 min read
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What is HR?
In the words of Maria Von Trapp…. Let's start at the very beginning. It's a very good place to start. When you read you begin with A-B-C,...
Sally Brandon
Jun 2, 20244 min read
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A Guide to short service dismissals
It may become apparent quite quickly when an employee joins your business that they aren’t the right person for the role. There could be...
Sally Brandon
May 29, 20249 min read
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Managing Flexible Working requests under the new Employment Rights Bill
There is a lot of press and discussion about the Flexible Working amendment that came into law on 6th April 2024 but what does the new...
Sally Brandon
May 1, 20244 min read
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700 construction workers take their own lives every year in the UK
That’s a minimum of two lives lost, every single day, which is a really scary and awful statistic. What a grim reality to remind us of...
Sally Brandon
Apr 2, 20242 min read
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What is constructive dismissal?
You’ve probably heard the term ‘constructive dismissal’ before, but are you clear on what it actually means? Constructive dismissal is...
Sally Brandon
Mar 2, 20243 min read
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3 reasons why you should be using employment surveys in your business
A lot of business owners we speak to are scared of conducting an employee survey because they think it might open a huge can of worms...
Sally Brandon
Feb 26, 20242 min read
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