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UPDATE: Temporary Right to Work Check Measures Extended
The Home Office has further delayed the end date of the temporary right to work check measures to April 5, 2022, from August 31, 2021. The UK’s Home Office has further delayed...
Pay cuts for staff choosing to work from home – is this the right approach?
Latest survey reveals 68% of employers are considering pay cuts for staff choosing to work from home A new survey by HR software provider CIPHR reveals that over two-thirds...
No Jab, No Job – Where are we now?
Earlier this year, following media coverage of a controversial announcement by Pimlico Plumbers that they intended to introduce a “No Jab, No Job” policy, ViewHR released a blog on...
Top Five Impacts on Employee Relations from Covid
On 19th July 2021, the government lifted legal Coronavirus restrictions on social contact in England.  This included an end to the requirement for employees to work from home where...
The Four-Day Week – An Easy Answer?
You may have seen recent news reports regarding a trial in Iceland of a four-day working week.  During the trial, workers were paid the same for fewer working hours,...
Acas publishes new flexible working guidance
Rolling out a longer-term flexible working model for your workforce requires considered analysis and careful planning. Acas has published new flexible working guidance as we take the final step...
Post-Brexit rules for EU nationals for employers
EU citizens and their family members (including children and non-EU citizens), who were residing in the UK by 31 December 2020, had to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme...
What do employers need to know about furlough coming to an end?
Furlough has helped secure millions of jobs, businesses and livelihoods across the UK since its introduction at the end of March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The furlough...
How to create a great workplace culture
Workplace culture is one of those statements that is talked about so often, but what does it actually mean in reality? What does your culture consist of? Who embodies your...
How can businesses survive post-COVID?
There has been a lot of talk about hybrid models and office and home working and I must say a lot of the approaches that are being taken on...
Upskilling your workforce
I have supported SME’s for a long time in my career as an HR professional and I love the dynamic style and nature of how an SME operates. However,...
How to create clarity in the workplace
You will have heard me talk a lot recently about how clarity in the workplace is going to make the difference between the average and the best-in-class business performance.  ...
Proactive workforce forecasting
According to official data 1.3 million people left the UK since the announcement of Brexit and the impact of Covid. 887,000 of those were migrant workers and the remaining...
UPDATE: Right to work checks advice for employers
Due to the government delaying its final step in its roadmap on Monday (14th June), the temporary COVID-19 adjusted right to work checks will now end on 31 August...
The benefits of LutherOne
ViewHR are delighted to have partnered with LutherOne to help our existing and future clients to build a collaborative and high-performing company culture with a data-powered connection, engagement & performance platform.  LutherOne connects multiple performance and...
HR protocols and employment law post-Brexit
Whatever the size of your business, keeping up to date with employment legislation is essential. With a huge variety of changes taking place post Brexit, it comes as no...
The Good Work Plan – have you made the changes?
The Good Work Plan 2020 introduced multiple changes that strengthened the rights of workers and brought the biggest upgrade to employment law in a generation. As of 6th April 2020, the...
Case Study: HR Strategy
People make the difference In the many years I have worked in HR, I have seen first hand how the businesses with an HR plan that is aligned to...
Visa Sponsorship Information Guide
With the world opening up once again and companies looking to hire, ViewHR has collated the key points and costs implication when considering employing someone to work for you...
What is Human Resources?
Whenever I talk to people about my role, they see it as hiring and firing! In one way they are correct. Human Resources takes care of the employee journey...
How to achieve diversity and inclusion in your business
Diversity and inclusion are very broad concepts that cover so many aspects of who we are, what we do, how we do it and why. Discussing HR’s impact on...
Acas: Conflict costs employers almost £30bn a year
Conflict between employees’ costs businesses nearly £30bn a year, study finds. Staff turnover represents single biggest expense, as research also reveals nearly half a million workers resign every year over...
5 Top Tips For Pre-Employment Medical Screening
Here at ViewHR we are often asked by employers about whether they should include pre-employment medical screening as part of their processes when recruiting a new employee.  Pre-employment medical...
How can HR prepare for a Merger & Acquisition process?
There is no set way to lead a business through a Merger & Acquisition (M&A) process, but here are some top tips from ViewHR on how HR can be...