HR Guidance
11 September 2020 - Sarah Henchoz
Arguably one of the most iconic lines in movie history, and a sentiment that after 6 months of remote-working I can wholeheartedly endorse. I certainly don’t mean to downplay the significant challenges and upset many people have suffered as a result of COVID, whether due to physical illness, the logistical frustrations of turning your personal › Read More
The 2018 FIFA World Cup – are you ready?
08 June 2018 - Robbie Sinclair
With the countdown to the World Cup in Russia this summer already well underway (it kicks off on Thursday 14 June 2018), now is the time for employers to consider the impact that a four-week showpiece international football event may have on the workplace. Are you ready? History tells us that staff morale and interest › Read More
Leadership lessons from horse trainers
27 April 2018 - Robbie Sinclair
It’s funny from where we take our inspiration. As an Irishman, I am keen on horse racing, but I surprised even myself this week when a horse trainer taught me an unexpected lesson about leadership. This week is Ireland’s final race meeting of the year. Who will be champion trainer? Everyone is talking about the fierce › Read More
Six-month calendar 2018 – Employment developments
22 January 2018 - Rachel Reeves
Last year when we issued our 2017 calendar, we predicted that women would feature prominently as organisations pushed through measures to reduce their gender pay gap and to increase the percentage of women in the pipeline to senior positions. Nobody could have predicted just how game-changing campaigns like #Metoo and #Timesup would be to the › Read More
Cupid plc – is it time for a relationship policy?
14 February 2017 - David Merlin-Jones
St Valentine’s Day: time to shower other halves with flowers, chocolates and other tokens of affection… all well and good after work is finished, but what about those with significant others sitting right next to them in the office? Personal relationships between employees do happen and, increasingly, employers have personal relationship policies in place to › Read More
Notifying the FCA of conduct rule breaches and disciplinary action
02 September 2016 - Robbie Sinclair
It is now time to make the first annual report to the FCA on conduct rule breaches where disciplinary action was taken or commenced between 7 March and 3 August 2016. This must be done in the reporting window, which opened yesterday and closes on 31 October 2016. › Read More
Fitness and Propriety: Criminal record checks
24 August 2016 - David Palmer
In this blog, the first of a series regarding assessing fitness and propriety under the Senior Managers and Certification Regimes (SMCR), I am going to discuss why recent changes to the criminal record checks legislation are not great news for firms operating under the SMCR. › Read More