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  • Type:
    Editor's choice

    New resource: Dates for your diary

    Plan for important deadlines and awareness-raising events and celebrations with our new Dates for your diary resource.

  • Date:
    1 March 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: COVID and other infectious diseases - what is the correct workplace etiquette now?

    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?

  • Date:
    18 January 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: HR efficiency secrets - achieving more without burning out

    In this webinar Fay Wallis shows you how to focus on what really matters; take back your time; and demonstrate how valuable your work in HR is.

  • Date:
    14 December 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Five HR priorities for 2024

    HR professionals have been navigating their organisations through unprecedented times over the last couple of years. Here, drawing on our latest HR roles and responsibilities survey, we look at how organisations are preparing for the 12 months ahead and pick out some of the areas making HR's priority list for 2024.

  • Date:
    13 December 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    How a mindfulness group can help HR promote engagement and teamwork

    Mindfulness can be a powerful tool to help HR promote engagement and develop team cohesiveness. XpertHR's in-house mindfulness teacher, Christopher Bryant, explains how to make mindfulness work for you.

  • Date:
    13 December 2023
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Harnessing the power of mindfulness for the workplace

    Mindfulness can be a great tool for building employee engagement and team cohesiveness. XpertHR's in-house mindfulness teacher, Christopher Bryant, explains how to make it work for you.

  • Date:
    1 December 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Six strategies to attract talent and remain competitive in 2024

    Organisations are struggling to attract talent, but it doesn't have to be that way. Based on our survey findings, we explore ways to help employers address the skills shortage and stand out from the competition.

  • Date:
    26 October 2023
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Empowering HR - tactics and tools for building confidence

    In this edition of the podcast we are joined by Fay Wallis to discuss growth mindsets, the power of small steps and other strategies to build your confidence as you develop your career.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Obtaining medical reports policy

    Updated to extend the circumstances that may lead to a request for a medical report.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Menopause: Failure to make reasonable adjustments

    In Lynskey v Direct Line Insurance Services Ltd, an employment tribunal held that the employer discriminated against the employee by failing to make reasonable adjustments to account for her menopause symptoms, and that disciplinary action taken over her performance issues was unlawful discrimination arising from her disability.