Exit surveys are usually less costly than interviews and the survey data is easier to objectively quantify. However, they typically achieve far lower response rates than exit interviews, which can obtain much richer data and a therapeutic experience for the departing employee, helping to end the employment relationship on a positive note.
Continue readingSocial Safety Net and Employee Assistance Programmes
The pandemic made life difficult for us all, followed by political and financial unrest impacting us even further. The Social Safety Net is a holistic concept covering the financial, physical and mental health needs of employees.
Continue readingHow Can You Support Your Employees through the Cost of Living Changes?
A recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found that over eight in ten employers are awarding pay increases and one-off bonuses to support their employees during the cost of living changes. Conversely, the survey also uncovered a skills shortage, with one in five workers saying they intend to leave. So, talent retention is also a priority.
Continue readingHow to Keep Your Best Employees
Recognition and rewards are probably the two most crucial aspects of staff retention. But there’s more to it than that. For instance, the CIPD found that employee turnover is often greater in the first six months of employment, either because the role was over-sold or through ineffective inductions.
Continue readingWorking from Home, Pay and Benefits – Your Questions Answered
Working from Home
One benefit that came out of the pandemic was recognising that much office work can be done from home. Many people appreciate the extra time and flexibility that working from home adds to life, wanting a degree of continuation, with most employers willing to accommodate.
Continue readingCan You Fire Employees Over Zoom?
Recently in the US, the boss of a mortgage firm terminated the employment of 900 members of staff over a video call, with little consideration for their wellbeing.
Continue readingForthcoming Employment Law Changes in 2022
The SSP Rebate Scheme Re-opened
The Coronavirus SSP Rebate Scheme was re-opened on 21 December 2021. The scheme covers up to two weeks’ SSP per employee costs for COVID-related absences. You are eligible for the scheme if, as of 30 November 2021:
Continue readingRight to Work, SSP Rebates and other Employment Law Updates
Since the 2020 coronavirus outbreak, a revised process for checking right to work needed to be adopted. This process remains in place today and will continue until 5 April 2022, unless the Government announces any further changes. If so, I will let you know as soon as possible.
Continue readingEmployers ‘Named and Shamed’ for Paying Below the Minimum Wage
The Government recently announced that 191 companies failed to pay £2.1 million to over 34,000 workers, owed for minimum wages. Those companies were all named and shamed under the Naming Scheme. This scheme was previously paused in 2018 to evaluate its effectiveness, resuming in February 2020.
Continue readingThe High Cost of Workplace Conflict
Workplace conflict can cost UK employers around £28.5 billion every year. This astounding figure comes from the latest ACAS report, Estimating the Costs of Workplace Conflict, which I have greatly summarised here.
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