Day: May 9, 2018

Employment law
Emma Browning

May Day, May Day, its only 16 days until GDPR is live and kicking!

You are probably sick and tired of hearing about GDPR now, I know I definitely am! However, it may be even more far reaching than you first thought. GDPR compliance isn’t just about customer data – it affects your collection, storage and treatment of employee data too. Do you have it in hand? Well, it’s not too late if you haven’t! I have been working with my legal team to come up with a simple plan for what needs to be done with your existing employees and for any new…
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Culture and change
Emma Browning

Donut disturb……

With National Doughnut Week (yes, really, it’s a thing!) looming, expect a glut of doughnuts, cakes and other delicious patisserie in the office. A host of businesses take part every year, including bakers, coffee shops, offices and educational establishments, baking delicious confection to raise funds for The Children’s Trust – which is undoubtedly a great cause. Cakes and sweet treats in general are an office tradition that plenty of us enjoy, but have you stopped to think about the potential health implications? Most of us are pretty familiar with so-called…
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Policies and procedures
Emma Browning

To-Bacco or Not To-Bacco, that is the question

So what is the answer?! Whether a smoker or not, we all have our views about the proverbial weed. It polarises and divides opinion, the world over. Regardless of opinion though, in the month of May, World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on the 31st May. It is intended to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence and to draw attention to the negative health effects of tobacco. I’m often asked about the thorny issue of smoking at work, which is surprising based on the…
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Uncategorised
Emma Browning

Can sport be bad for your business health?

Employees who take sick days during sports events will need careful monitoring this Summer, which features a perfect storm of the Champions League Final, the Football World Cup, Wimbledon, Tour de France, my annual village Rounders grudge match and the British Grand Prix to name but a few of the fabulous sporting line ups. We all know that sickness absences surge during and after big sporting events, so with many key matches scheduled during work hours, organisations would do well to get ahead of the game and forward plan this…
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