In today’s dynamic work landscape, flexibility has become a defining feature of the modern workplace. As employees seek to strike a balance between their professional and personal lives, the...
ViewHR Raises the Bar with Paul Burton, Our New Specialist Employment Law Solicitor. Today, we’re delighted to introduce you to the newest addition to our exceptional team, Paul Burton—a...
We all love a good laugh and some playful teasing among friends, colleagues, or even acquaintances. Banter can be a way to build camaraderie, share inside jokes, and add...
The Department for Work and Pension has recently updated its guidance for employers and line managers regarding the use of “fit notes.” This is particularly important due to the...
The success of any organisation largely depends on its workforce and the wellbeing of that workforce. Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) are company-provided initiatives offering various forms of support to...
Picture this: a break that’s more than just a holiday, yet not quite a full-blown career break. We’re talking about those periods of agreed paid or unpaid leave –...
In July 2020, we provided guidance on handling flexible working requests. If you missed it, don’t worry – you can catch up here: Steps to Handling Flexible Working Requests....
Managing long-term absence can be frustrating for both employer and employee. On the one hand, you have an employee who is physically or mentally sick, trying to get better...
Job sharing often gets a bad rap within the business community; we have all heard of or experienced job-sharing disasters, but does that mean your organisation shouldn’t try it?...
The second quarter of 2023 has witnessed some interesting case law updates regarding discrimination and compensation for unfair dismissal of employees. Lydia Edwards vs Pick Everard Edwards was hired...
How does it make you feel when you have to tell someone bad news? Have you been in a professional situation where you’ve had to refuse a request that...
Interviewing is an important part of the recruitment process so in this week’s blog, we’re looking at some points that employers do well to remember when planning interviews. Plan...
What is Data Integrity? Data integrity is the overall accuracy, completeness, and consistency of data. It can also refer to the safety of the data that is being held...
Over the last couple of weeks, ViewHR have been discussing the topic of hard-to-fill vacancies. We have reviewed data-driven decision making, reviewing your recruitment processes and now in this,...
Unconscious bias is a term that describes the associations we hold, outside our conscious awareness and control. The University of Edinburgh adds to this definition noting that unconscious bias...
ViewHR is on a mission in assisting employers in filling their challenging vacancies. In our three-part blog series, we have already delved into the benefits of data-driven decision-making. This...
We are pleased to introduce you to the newest member of the View HR Team, Laura Campbell. Laura joins us as an HR Consultant, with a keen interest in...
Here at ViewHR, we like to stay up to date on the latest cases heard by the Employment Tribunals (ET) and the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT), to provide valuable...
Have you found it difficult to recruit good-quality candidates lately? You are certainly not alone in your recruitment woes; in fact, the data below provides reasons for your troubles:...
Since its beginning, ViewHR has helped countless organisations with HR and employment law matters; it is fair to say that many matters could have turned out vastly different without...
While many individuals are still choosing to go to university, records show in the 2021/22 academic year, there were 740,400 people participating in an apprenticeship in England, with 349,200...
Have you been asked or recommended to make reasonable adjustments for an employee with a disability? This blog will examine what reasonable adjustments are, what is reasonable, and how...
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) define having a disability as ‘a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s...
New Vento bands for injury to feelings and psychiatric injury have been released by the Presidents of the Employment Tribunals of England & Wales and Scotland. In Employment Tribunal...
