Latest HR blog Newsletter – August 2022
Welcome to our Latest HR blog Newsletter – August 2022 which includes a collection of all the blogs we have written for the month from details of our HR Surgery days to our 7 HR Back to basics for businesses and business owners.
Cycle to Work Day
Yesterday was Cycle to Work Day Do you want to start a cycle to work scheme and don’t know where to start? Do you want to increase your Companies engagement in your existing Cycle to Work scheme?
Seven HR – Back to basics
Our company mission statement is “Helping companies take the pain out of managing people, whilst preventing people problems” but what does this actually mean? We can help you and your Company put in place the ‘Seven HR – Back to basics’.
7 HR – Back to basics – 1 – Recruitment
1. Recruitment and Selection:
When making the decision to recruit, business owners need to ensure that a set company Policy and Procedure is in place that ensures you work to best practice, the law and maintain consistency throughout, when recruiting members of the team. This is step 1 of the 7 HR – Back to basics.
Latest HR Surgeries
We’ve set up a series of one-to-one face to face Human Resources -HR surgeries with a mix of practical advice and guidance to help you take your organisation to the next level. Detail of our Latest HR Surgeries are found by clicking below
7 HR – Back to basics – 2 Employment Contract
ince the change in the law in April 2020, employees are entitled to an Employment Contract from day one of employment when previously it was within 3 months. We are still finding that many companies do not provide this on day one of employment, but this should be produced when the decision to employ the person has been made and signed, dated and sent to them for their viewing, with the agreement signed and dated.
7 HR – Back to basics – 3 Employment checks
What are the checks and possible repercussions?
All employers within the UK have a responsibility to prevent illegal working. Since Brexit, there are additional needs for employers to check the legality of employees right to work in the UK and the correct checks must be made. We advise every client, to obtain copies of employees Passports and/or Visa’s and keep this securely on an IT system with the employees’ consent. It is important that as part of 7 HR – Back to basics – 3 Employment checks, Companies have all the relevant checks in place.
Seven HR – Back to basics – 4 Procedures
HR is covered under Civil Law and the ‘Balance of Probabilities’ and not Criminal Law and ‘Beyond Reasonable Doubt’. There are set procedures to follow which are outlined in the Acas Code of Practice which gives clear instructions on how to deal with employee issues within a business.
Indirect Discrimination – £20,000
When it comes to any form of Discrimination and in this case Indirect Discrimination in a workplace an employee regardless of length of service can make a claim to an Employment Tribunal under the Equality Act 2010 and awards can be unlimited.
Seven HR Back to basics – 5 Employee concerns
As managers of a team, we all know that team members can raise a number of concerns that affect them and their motivation to do their job, which can result in certain people occasionally being ignored or seen as moaners.
