Month: June 2018

We have a new website privacy policy, read it here

Privacy policy This privacy policy describes how Emma C Browning Limited collects, stores and uses data collected about you from emmacbrowning.com (the Website). Our details Emma C Browning Limited is the data controller for this Website. You can contact the data controller in the following ways: By email to emma@emmacbrowing.com By using our website contact form By telephoning 01280 848415 By post to Unit 3 Bignell Barns, Chesterton, Bicester OX26 1TD   Collection and use of your personal information When you visit our Website, we may collect personal information: Through…
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Policies and procedures
Emma Browning

Is your Employee Handbook fluid or fusty?

Wow. We are halfway through the year already. Time has really galloped on and the legislative landscape continues to evolve at speed. Have your employment, policies and HR practices kept pace and evolved too? When it’s busy it’s easy to forget that employment policies underpin the culture of your organisation. It is almost certain that an organisation’s employment policies relating to its workforce will be out of date before you know it unless they have been reviewed within the last 12 months – and the worst time to find this…
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Policies and procedures
Emma Browning

Everything your business needs to know about……..Jury Service

Like death and taxes, jury duty is one of those things that we just can’t dodge. For many of us it is a fascinating opportunity and insight into the inner workings of our justice system. However some people will come up with all manner of excuses to get out of jury duty, most of which don’t hold water these days; the most common reasons for deferment being medical, childcare, or specific work commitments.  Although my personal favourite has to be the entreaties of the potential juror who didn’t want to…
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Culture and change
Emma Browning

Shared Parental Leave

The Government has just finished its £1.5m advertising campaign to promote shared parental leave (SPL) after just a 2% take-up of the policy since its introduction. So did you and your employees get the memo? Probably not! Despite being 3 years down the line since launch, many companies still know little about it and don’t have the right systems and infrastructures in place to manage SPL well, and research shows that around half the population aren’t even aware that SPL even exists. The introduction of Shared Parental Leave in April…
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Uncategorised
Emma Browning

Forget the beach body, is your business summer-ready?

Never mind being beach body ready (because let’s face it, mine isn’t and never will be), I’m focused on toning my wobbly business abs into six packs for the Summer ahead. Are you? Traditionally, summer can be a quiet time for businesses. But if you think like I do, then you certainly won’t see that as an opportunity for taking afternoons off with a 99 ice cream and a flake! In fact, I am sure you’re probably busy planning ahead for these sunny months, as you know how much that…
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