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Employment: How to conduct an effective appraisal meeting

Appraisals can be difficult meetings to have. Whether it's because it may mean that the employee gets some negative feedback or just because talking about issues in a one to one...

  • Author: bossman
  • Published: 13 May 2022
  • Views: 403

Employment: Skills required from temporary admin staff

Skills required from temporary admin staff When an employer engages temporary admin staff they are looking for some specific things and they are probably not the things you think...

  • Author: bossman
  • Published: 13 May 2022
  • Views: 382

Other/General: Have you considered contracting?

 Post-Covid you may still be working from home full- or part-time or you may be missing the freedom from commuing and office nonsense that working from home offered. So.... ...

  • Author: bossman
  • Published: 13 May 2022
  • Views: 313

Employment: Employee fraud – how to tell if your employees are embezzling

Employee fraud – how to tell if your employees are embezzling Fraud is a secretive and unpredictable behaviour that no-one could predict right? Well, it may surprise you to...

  • Author: bossman
  • Published: 13 Apr 2022
  • Views: 446

Employment: The biggest reason people leave

The biggest reason people leave Employee retention is one of the key indicators of a company in good health. In the past Executives have used salary and benefits as a method of...

  • Author: bossman
  • Published: 28 Dec 2021
  • Views: 1193

Employment: Do we really know people?

 Do we really know people? It may seem to be a bit of a philosophical question but for business owners, it’s a thought that has very practical implications. As...

  • Author: bossman
  • Published: 18 Dec 2021
  • Views: 879

Employment: GDPR – it’s REALLY not as scary as it sounds

GDPR – it’s not as scary as it sounds There’s been a lot of noise around the subject of GDPR and it’s certainly true that for some businesses it will cause...

  • Author: bossman
  • Published: 15 Dec 2021
  • Views: 594

Employment: GDPR – What is personal data?

GDPR – What is personal data? Although it may seem obvious in many cases what constitutes ‘personal data’ it is also true to say that often it may not be so...

  • Author: bossman
  • Published: 13 Dec 2021
  • Views: 447

Business Issues: Are you giving your customers too much choice?

I was interested to read this article by Kevin Sheldrake on the importance of choice. Or more importantly the importance of not having too much choice. It’s odd because the...

  • Author: bossman
  • Published: 30 Nov 2021
  • Views: 528

Employment: A criminal record check can be discriminatory and not how you think

How a criminal record check can be discriminatory – and it’s not what you think It has become a regular occurrence for employers to conduct pre-employment criminal...

  • Author: bossman
  • Published: 29 Nov 2021
  • Views: 466

Employment: CVs – what do people lie about?

CVs – what do people lie about? It’s a bit of an old joke to say that people lie on their CV but it’s one with more than a grain of truth as estimates of CV...

  • Author: bossman
  • Published: 8 Nov 2021
  • Views: 470

Employment: 5 Employee Perks that improve morale and don't cost the earth

Particularly post-BRExit and post-Covid - who are we kidding? Covid seems here to stay but nevertheless - many businesses are struggling with their balance sheets and/or finding...

  • Author: bossman
  • Published: 22 Oct 2021
  • Views: 451

Education: UNIVERSITY TUITION SHOULD BE FREE

The economic growth of any nation depends on its workforce but also on technology and innovation while its health and stability relies on a broader, more rounded appreciation of...

  • Author: boffin
  • Published: 9 Jun 2015
  • Views: 6218

Education: Keep religion out of schools

Public schools are now host to a wide range of ethnic and religious origins. The practice of conducting religious assemblies or of teaching any particular religion within the...