Latest Blog Posts

Hard to Fill Vacancies: Recruitment Processes
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...
Introducing our latest team player
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...
Case Law Update – April 2023
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...
Hard to Fill Vacancies: Decisions Based on Data
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:...
ViewHR Case Study: Grievance 
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...
How to Manage Apprentices
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...
<strong>Making Reasonable Adjustments – A Guide for Employers</strong>
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...
Knowledge of Disabilities – Preston v E.on Energy Solutions Ltd. 
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...
Vento bands – what are they are? 
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...
<strong>Employment Law Updates – April 2023</strong>
In today’s rapidly changing legal landscape, staying up-to-date with the latest developments in employment law is more important than ever for employers. It can be easy to miss information...
<strong>How to give feedback at 121s</strong> 
The Effects of Feedback Interventions on Performance Theory, written by Kluger & DeNisi, defines feedback as: ‘actions taken by (an) external agent (s) to provide information regarding some aspect...
How to Conduct a Fair and Reasonable Investigation
In their ‘Conducting workplace investigations guide’, ACAS defines an investigation as ‘a fact-finding exercise to collect all the relevant information on a matter.’ The main occasions for investigation are...
New Statutory Rates 2023/24
The Government has announced increases in statutory payment rates to employees which represent an increase of 10% on the rates for 2022/2023. These increases in certain payments will take...
ViewHR advises Trunki on its HR for sale to Heroes
ViewHR provided employment law advice and hands-on HR support to Trunki, the Bristol based internationally-known children’s travel products brand, on the sale of its Magmatic business to e-commerce firm...
What do health and safety consultants do?
At ViewHR we understand that our clients need to be surrounded by the right experts to support their journeys as employers. Alongside the HR and employment law puzzle pieces,...
<strong>How to Manage Workplace Change</strong> 
Mary Shelley wrote in her novel Frankenstein that “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.”. If you are a business owner or manager...
Relationships at work – breakdown in relationships between colleagues 
It is a fact of life that we won’t get along with everyone; for the most part, when we are unable to build friendships we are able to form...
<strong>Case Law Update – February 2023</strong> 
As regular readers will know, here at ViewHR we like to keep an eye on what the Employment Tribunal (ET) and Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) have been up to,...
<strong>Ringwood Business Awards 2023</strong>
Local business awards events are an important opportunity for communities to come together and celebrate the achievements of local businesses. These events recognise businesses that have shown exceptional growth,...
<strong>Employee non-competition: five basic steps</strong>
It is not often the first thing to consider when a key employee starts employment. However, it is vital to think about what happens if things do not work...
Male Menopause – What is it? And what can people managers do to support? 
There has thankfully been more focus and education on the “female menopause”, but it is important to realise that everyone’s body, mind and lives are constantly experiencing change. So,...
Seeking Inclusion #IWD2023
International Women’s Day is taking place on 8th March. On the build to the event, we have taken the idea of #EmbracingEquality and split it into various topics. So...
Drawing Attention to Bias #IWD2023
With International Women’s Day fast approaching, we are nearly at the end of our blog series on the theme of #EmbracingEquality. So far we have considered, challenging stereotypes and...
Call Out Discrimination #IWD2023
On the run-up to International Women’s Day ViewHR are exploring the topic of #EmbracingEquality. The first of our four-part series discussed challenging gender stereotypes; today we will give thought...