The furlough scheme was part of the government’s response to COVID-19. The intention was to protect businesses and jobs by placing employees on leave on 80% of their monthly salary, instead of making them redundant. The scheme was recently extended until October, with employers being asked to pay contributions again from August, but despite government … Read more
Team dynamics can make or break a workplace, and managing relationships with your team members can be one of the trickiest things about management. Especially if you’re a new manager. Maybe you’ve been moved from another department to manage the team. Or maybe you’ve been promoted to manage a team of people you consider to … Read more
Having conversations that you’d rather not have comes with the territory when you’re a manager. As an HR manager, you probably have more difficult conversations with employees than most, but it doesn’t mean that you find them any easier. No matter how experienced you are, difficult conversations are a challenge because: You worry about what … Read more
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, millions of people have been working remotely, and this has left us all wondering, will this be the way forward for the future? While it does take some adjusting to for most people, remote working does give people the chance to avoid soul-destroying commutes and to have a better … Read more
The relentless spread of the coronavirus is hitting businesses hard, and many will have had to cut back on their normal operations or stop trading completely as the government and health service try desperately to get the virus under control. Small business owners have had a very rough couple of weeks, to put it mildly. … Read more
