Managing employees/workers
The rules around COVID-19 were very clearly drawn in 2020. But what is the state of play now, not just in relation to COVID but to illness in the workplace generally? What should organisations do about employees who are nervous about returning to the workplace? Or about at-risk employees, particularly when infection rates are high? Or about long COVID - is it now treated as a disability?
XpertHR editors Stephen Simpson and Zeba Sayed explain how the new statutory carer's leave will operate in practice and the impact it will have on how employers support carers.
According to a YouGov survey, 15% of people meet their partners at work. Given how widespread the phenomenon is, to what extent does HR need to take an interest in office romances?
We discuss the key employment law changes expected to come into force this year and reflect on some important case law decisions from 2023.
We look at workplace scenarios that can strike fear into the heart of the most experienced HR professionals, including issues relating to: discipline and grievances; redundancy; and new legislation.
In this edition of the podcast, we are joined by XpertHR senior legal editor Laura Merrylees to answer questions around flexible working reforms in the media and elsewhere recently.
In this webinar, Jo Broadbent, from law firm Hogan Lovells, and Stephen Simpson, principal HR strategy and practice editor at XpertHR, will guide you through the upcoming changes, pointing out the challenges and underlining some of the opportunities they give employers to set themselves apart from the competition.
In this webinar we explore how we can: look at hybrid differently in terms of culture, policies, engagement and inclusion not for the many, but for the individual; personalise the hybrid employee experience; and create a hybrid approach that taps into the best of what it could be, and avoids leaving it all to chance.
In this edition of the podcast, Paula Flores, an HR Data Insights Analyst at XpertHR, leads us on a tour of the findings of our annual survey of absence rates and costs.
Age discrimination can be a tricky area for employers. In this edition of the podcast, Susie Munro, Senior Legal Editor at XpertHR, leads us on a tour of recent cases that offer examples of how things can go wrong if they are mishandled and provides some tips on avoiding typical age-related traps.
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