Lodging a workplace grievance might be a very long and even stressful process, but some employees are making false claims maliciously. Could you spot a genuine concern from one that is artificial?
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Should You Adopt the Four-Day Working Week?
What would happen if the working week was reduced from 40 hours to 32? In early 2023 that question was answered when 61 organisations took part in a trial run by 4 Day Week Global. The results were surprising and could change the way the world works in the future.
Work Christmas Parties
Avoiding 'Partygate' Nightmares By Pam Loch. Managing Director. Work Christmas parties are back on the Agenda in 2022! There are...
Workplace Morale
How to Address Workplace Morale When It Is Impacted by External Factors Workplace morale and employee engagement define whether staff...
Quiet Quitting part 1
Quiet Quitting Part 1: What it is and why it Happens In Part One of our series on quiet quitting, we explore the concept as a...
Quiet Quitting part 2
Quiet Quitting Part 2: How to Recognise and Manage it In Part Two of our series on 'quiet quitting', we explore how employers can...
Bereavement at Workplace
How to Manage Bereavement in the Workplace Bereavement is a subject that is notoriously difficult and upsetting to discuss generally, let...
How do you achieve a successful company culture?
How do you achieve a successful company culture? How important is that culture within the company’s overall success? “Corporate culture is...
Immigration – how to recruit a skilled worker
The current recruitment market means employers plans to take on more staff are being hit by labour shortages. This tight market has left...
Working 9 til 5 – No Longer the Way to Make a Living?
Who would have thought 5 years ago that we would be discussing the demise of the traditional working day. However here we are with...
Would I lie to you?
Have you ever recruited someone who has lied on their CV or overstated their capability? If not, you have perhaps been lucky so far. A...
How to stop the rise of the ‘turnover tsunami’ and promote loyalty
Over the last twenty years, employee loyalty has been on a slow decline, which is not expected to stop. In fact, the Covid-19 pandemic has...