A-Z guides
Maternity Leave
Irrespective of length of service or hours worked, employees are entitled to 26 weeks’ Ordinary Maternity leave and up to 26 weeks’ Additional Maternity Leave, making a total of 52 weeks. Employees also have the right to return t...
Right to work checks
Under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, all employers are required to make basic document checks on every person they intend to employ to ensure that they have the right to work in the UK. As an employer you are responsible for en...
ISO 14001
ISO 14001 With over 30,000 certifications worldwide, ISO 14001 is the principal management system standard which specifies the requirements for the formulation and maintenance of an Environmental Management System (EMS). An EMS provides a struct...
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...
Learning Management Systems
In the world of learning and development it seems like the words ‘learning management system’ or the letters ‘LMS’ are on everyone’s lips. There have certainly been some major advances in learning technologies in rec...
Appraisal
An Appraisal scheme is designed to provide a systematic framework for regular discussion about work performance, agreeing objectives for the months ahead and identifying any training required by the employee to enable them to meet their own and th...