A-Z guides
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is the term given to looking after the health, safety and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults. If an employee’s work involves contact with children or vulnerable adults, either occasionally or for long periods of time, t...
Secondment
What is Secondment? Put simply, a secondment is the temporary loan of an employee. This covers a number of possible scenarios: Intra-company secondment: This is where an employee is asked to work in a different department for a set period...
Security
Any security strategy will be driven by the business needs of an organisation and will therefore be an essential aspect of the business cycle, particularly insofar as budget and risk are concerned. It is important, therefore, to demonstrate that t...
Settlement agreements
Settlement agreements were previously referred to as compromise agreements. Settlement agreements and are a legal document between an employee and an employer which outlines the terms to which they agree to sever the employment contract and...
Stress and wellbeing
Employers have a legal duty to assess the risks of work-related stress and take measures to control these risks, so everyone in a workplace should understand their role in reducing the risks and impact of stress. The industries that report the hig...
Succession planning
Succession planning is a tool used by proactive companies to identify and utilise future potential from within the existing workforce. Through the appraisal process, or discussions with employees an organisation can identify those with future pot...