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Fun police – Can I ask my employees not to travel abroad this year?
We've all been desperately looking forward to our long awaited summer holidays: jumping on a plane, feeling the instant heat when you land, seeing the bluest of skies, seas and pools that are yours for a week or two... Ah... bliss! However with the sudden turnaround...
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How the HR Hub helped Bedford Consulting grow
The HR Hub initially started working with Bedford Consulting in August 2018 and continues to do so in 2021. Bedford Consulting is the largest and longest-running sole Anaplan reseller and 2020 Anaplan Partner of the year for EMEA, specialising in project...
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Asking for feedback – an HR hub case study
Asking for feedback is a critical part of maintaining a successful business. Whether that is customer testimonials, product reviews or a follow up after a specific incident. As you can imagine during the past years pandemic our team have been extremely busy. Our help...
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Legal Eagles: Up and Coming Employment Law Changes
It’s that time of year again folks…. This April new employment legislation comes into effect. Here’s a quick summary of the new legislative changes coming into place this Spring: Extensions of IR35 to the Private sector: this one is key if you employ a number of...
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It Takes All Sorts – Encouraging Diversity & Inclusivity in your Team
Stepping out of the North Sea on New Year’s Day after my short ‘dip’, I was grappling with changing back out of my wetsuit into dry clothes under an enormous (yet not quite big enough…) towel, when my family were greeted by some passers by on the beach shaking their...
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What To Do When A Team Member Won’t Go Quietly
Rejection is tricky. Whatever the circumstances. We tend to think of rejection when it comes to matters of the heart, but there are many situations at work - promotions, restructures, redundancies, probations not working out - where it all boils down to the same...
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Kermit and Star Charts: How Borrowing From the Classroom Helps Focus Your Team 🐸
I like to think that I am a pretty good planner. But particularly in the early stages of lockdown, I would find myself getting distracted on some days from the one I had laid out in my head. Not by the obvious and expected things (unplanned client work or reactive...
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School’s Out: Supporting Working Parents During Lockdown
School’s out for (what seems like..) forever right now. It shouldn’t be that time of year again... This calendar month is not the one where we are supposed to be winding down into the Summer holidays: a time when ‘juggling’ skills become paramount as parents across...
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Black Swans and Bread Making: Embracing The Strange
Photo by Ross Findon on Unsplash There will be good days and bad days for all of you at the moment as you navigate what the impact of Covid-19 means to your colleagues, your teams and your business. And although you will of course be considerate and supportive of the...
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Should They Stay or Should They Go? Dismissing or Extending An Employee During Their Probation Period
Do I need to wait until the end of the probation period to dismiss? What if I’m not quite sure about an employee by the time I get to the end of their probation period? Should I extend? All are questions we at the The HR hub are asked quite regularly as people...
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