25th April 2023 - Meraki HR

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Some top tips to retain your talent in challenging times

A recent study from DocuSign showed that, alongside recruitment, talent management was the main priority for 56% of UK firms this year, and it’s not hard to see why. While rising costs are, of course, a pressing issue, there are so many challenges for firms that come from the underlying issue of retaining your best talent. So, whether it’s attracting great talent to join you, or the retention of your great performers or getting the best performance from your existing team, almost every challenge that business owners currently face falls…

25th April 2023

Development

Manager’s Checklist for Employee Check-Ins

We are often asked to discuss the topic of employee ‘check-ins’ (or one-on-one meetings, progress meetings, sit-downs, etc.) with our clients when we meet with them or visit them. Why is this you may ask? Well, it doesn’t matter how experienced you are, many managers don’t enjoy doing them, don’t feel they have good meetings with their team members, or simply dread all the paperwork that goes with them! No matter what you call them, increasing the frequency and quality of employee performance conversations remains a priority for many companies…

25th April 2023

Q. How do we manage bank holiday entitlement for the King’s Coronation?

The Government has announced an additional bank holiday on 8 May 2023, to celebrate the King’s Coronation. This means that there will be three bank holidays in May 2023. Employers need to look at how they will approach the additional bank holiday. This will be determined to some extent by the wording in employees’ contracts of employment. For example, where the contract entitles employees to take leave on “all bank and public holidays”, the employer will be required to grant the extra day as leave. Even if the employer is…

25th April 2023

Q. How to deal with inappropriate behaviour that could be linked to a disability.

In McQueen v General Optical Council, the EAT explored an issue that is familiar to a number of employers: the difficult question as to when misbehaviour/poor conduct is claimed to be linked to a disability. The Claimant had a number of conditions amounting to disabilities (described by the EAT as dyslexia, symptoms of Asperger’s syndrome, neurodiversity and left-sided hearing loss). It was accepted that he was a disabled person within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010. The appeal issue revolved around two “meltdown” incidents. In the first, the Claimant…

25th April 2023

Q. Someone told me that all EU law could be thrown out at the end of 2023 – this can’t be right?

This is more commonly referred to as the revocation of retained EU law and this applies to EU law that was incorporated into UK law as a result of Brexit. If the proposal goes ahead as planned, government departments will have until the end of the year to decide which EU retained laws should expire and which should be kept. This has a potential impact on areas including working time, TUPE, agency workers and fixed-term contract, and much more, so watch this space! Logic tells me that surely, we wouldn’t…

25th April 2023

Q. How do I calculate a part time workers holiday allowance?

This is a question we are asked all of the time! Ultimately, this is a basic maths question and if you want to find out what holiday a part time worker is entitled to, the first thing that you need to be able to work out is the % of their hours versus a full time worker. So, if someone is working 20 hours a week and your full time working hours are 37.5 hours per week, its 20/37.5 * 100 = their pro rata % which in this case…

25th April 2023

Q. Should I deal with my employee’s poor performance via the disciplinary procedure or the capability procedure?

When deciding whether performance issues should be dealt with through a capability procedure or a disciplinary procedure, you need to decide whether the poor performance amounts to misconduct or is indeed best placed as capability matter. There is a difference between a capability procedure and a disciplinary procedure, and both capability and conduct are potentially fair reasons for dismissing an employee. However, whether it’s a disciplinary or a capability matter, it’s important that a fair procedure is followed for those with over 2 years’ service to reduce the risk of…

25th April 2023

Day: April 25, 2023

Some top tips to retain your talent in challenging times

Manager’s Checklist for Employee Check-Ins

Q. How do we manage bank holiday entitlement for the King’s Coronation?

Q. How to deal with inappropriate behaviour that could be linked to a disability.

Q. Someone told me that all EU law could be thrown out at the end of 2023 – this can’t be right?

Q. How do I calculate a part time workers holiday allowance?

Q. Should I deal with my employee’s poor performance via the disciplinary procedure or the capability procedure?

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Meraki HR South: Unit 5 - The Workshed, London Street, SwindonSN1 5DG

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Your people | our passion | your success

© 2022 Meraki HR Solutions Ltd, Terms & Conditions | Privacy & Cookies | Sitemap

Meraki HR South:
Registered Address:
Unit 5 - The Workshed,
London Street,
Swindon
SN1 5DG

Meraki HR North:
Office Location:
Suite 4, Kendal Business Hub,
South Lakeland House,
Angel Yard, 21-23 Highgate,
Kendal, LA9 4DY

Meraki HR South:
Unit 5 - The Workshed,
London Street,
Swindon
SN1 5DG

Meraki HR North:
Suite 4, Kendal Business Hub,
South Lakeland House,
Angel Yard, 21-23 Highgate,
Kendal, LA9 4DY