by Caroline Robertson | Oct 7, 2020 | ActifHR Blog
Way back in July The Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced The Job Retention Bonus, which would launch on 1 November 2020. The scheme was designed to continue to support jobs through the UK’s economic recovery from coronavirus by encouraging and helping employers to retain...
by Caroline Robertson | Sep 25, 2020 | ActifHR Blog
With the Coronavirus job Retention Scheme closing on 31 October 2020 and recent Government announcements reinforcing working at home wherever possible, there is wide concern that more redundancies will take place over coming months. In recent months we have been...
by Caroline Robertson | Jul 16, 2020 | ActifHR Blog
Since Covid-19 started to affect businesses in March, we have been doing everything we can to help business owners through these uncertain times. This includes providing the most up to date and relevant advice and guidance on furloughing. Furlough...
by Caroline Robertson | Oct 15, 2019 | ActifHR Blog
The ACAS Code states that: ‘If an employee is charged with, or convicted of, a criminal offence this is not normally in itself reason for disciplinary action. Consideration needs to be given to what effect the charge or conviction has on the employee’s suitability to...
by Caroline Robertson | Mar 26, 2019 | ActifHR Blog
Economist and workplace commentator Stephanie Hare has published ideas on why British productivity is so low. A majority of us know that meetings are a big problem… taking too long, unproductive and tedious half the time. The worst offenders are conference...
by Caroline Robertson | Jul 5, 2018 | ActifHR Blog
The agency workers Regulations 2010 (AWR), prevent employers from treating agency workers as a second class workers. The Regulations introduced a variety of protections for agency workers, which apply either from the start of the agency worker’s engagement or after 12...