The government has announced that it intends to introduce legislation requiring all employers to pass the full extent of tips received to their workers without any deductions in a fair and transparent manner. They already have to pass cash tips to them but not ones…
An Employment Tribunal has found a care home worker to have been fairly dismissed when she refused to get the covid vaccine. The Tribunal accepted that her “Rastafarian beliefs” were genuine but the requirement for her to be vaccinated was a reasonable management instruction of…
A sign of what is to come on the coronavirus and sickness absence front….. The government has just adopted temporary emergency legislation aimed at reducing the burden on GPs whilst it rolls out the booster programme. Prior to Friday 17 December 2021, an employee could…
As today marks World Aids Day, we would like to put our focus on the link between HIV, AIDS and discrimination. At the end of 2020, approximately 38 million people globally were living with HIV, with 1.5 million newly infected that year, and approximately 680,000…
Have you thought about the way you respond to feedback? As an employee? As a manager? And how it could affect how you are perceived? And your career progression? The giving and the receiving of feedback are really important factors in accomplishing high-quality work and…
Many of us who live or work in Essex will have spent many hours listening to the bright, bubbly and engaging voice of Abbie Norbury. For nearly six years, until the start of the COVID pandemic, Abbie was a massive part of the Radio Essex…
As part of our focus on International Stress Awareness Week, today we are looking at COVID stress syndrome. Yes, it’s a real thing. A COVID stress scale has been established to identify pandemic-related stress responses. There are five symptoms (or responses) that people suffering from…
Did you know that this week is International Stress Awareness Week and this Wednesday it is National Stress Awareness Day here in the UK? We assist many of our clients with issues relating to stress, which can easily morph into anxiety and depression. Stress can…
The national living wage will increase by 6.6% from £8.91 to £9.50 an hour from 1 April 2022.