Sarah ShortMay 28, 2020Coronavirus
Over the last few weeks HR have had to be agile and responsive to changing events, and come up with solutions to problems like enabling homeworking for those who don’t do it normally; working around childcare problems with schools and nurseries shut;...
Sarah ShortMay 25, 2020Coronavirus
Under Section 44 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, an employee cannot suffer a detriment if they refuse to attend work, or leave the workplace, in the event they reasonably believe there is a serious and imminent danger to them. Section 100 of the Act makes similar...
Sarah ShortMay 11, 2020Prospective clients
Choosing an HR consultant is a very personal decision for a small business owner. They want someone whose approach they identify with, who they trust and can relate to, and feel comfortable with, and get on with. Whilst you can achieve and start to develop all these...
Sarah ShortMay 4, 2020Coronavirus
I’ve written before about the ticking timebomb I see looming over us in terms of employee relations issues and disputes resulting from furlough. But I’ve been considering in more detail what some of the specific legal vulnerabilities stemming from the Equality Act...
Sarah ShortApr 28, 2020Topical comment
HR people all over the country (and plenty of non-HR people too!) have been desperately trying to work out how the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme works, how it affects the employment relationship, and battling what has felt like constantly-changing guidance, with...
Hannah AmblerApr 27, 2020Becoming a face2faceHR partner
Whilst a good knowledge of employment law, decent generalist senior-level experience and ideally a qualification are all things we look for in our consultants, perhaps even more important are their personal attributes, and their approach to HR in general. This is for...
