Managing employees/workers
Enhanced by creating seven separate guides on preparing for and managing international assignments, to help you find the guidance you need. This initial guide discusses the situations where international assignments can be used to achieve business objectives, including the benefits to the organisation and the assignee, and the steps to take to prepare for and manage an assignment effectively.
Leading practice guidance discussing how employers can approach selecting and preparing an employee for an international assignment.
Leading practice guidance discussing how ongoing communication between the employer and the employee before, during and after an international assignment is essential to managing the employee's expectations and ensuring that they feel supported.
Leading practice guidance discussing why employers should continue to assess the assignee's performance while they are on an assignment and the importance of dealing with any performance or conduct issues quickly.
Leading practice guidance discussing how organisations can assist international assignees with the practical arrangements of relocating abroad, such as obtaining immigration permission and helping find suitable accommodation.
Leading practice guidance discussing how employers can support the assignee and their accompanying family members settle and feel part of the local community in the host country.
Leading practice guidance discussing how employers can facilitate an assignee's return to the home organisation and improve their international assignments programme by learning from previous assignments.
WhatsApp and other informal messaging platforms are an invaluable communication resources for individuals and groups. But as some recent legal cases have shown, they can also create problems when they are used in a work environment. Sam Dickinson, a partner at Mayo Wynne Baxter solicitors, joins the podcasts to talk about the pitfalls - and what employers can do to manage risk.
Two hundred UK companies have now signed up for a permanent four-day working week, according to the 4 Day Week Foundation.
Motherhood is at the heart of a lot of policies in the contemporary workplace, where the narrative often focuses around an ideal that everyone is or wants to be a mother. This can be incredibly excluding for non-mothers. It's great to provide policies and benefits that support parents, says Caroline Green, but how can you supplement your support for everyone else?
HR and legal information and guidance relating to managing employees/workers.