When an employee is accused of a crime

An employee’s association with criminal activity has the potential to damage your reputation. It can mean that you are put under pressure by colleagues to address the employee, your customers can find out and you can get negative press. In some cases the employee may pose a threat to your other staff and your operation. […]

When does the unwanted attention of a colleague become harassment?

harassment by email

From time to time, people meet at work. Hey, me and Mr Edmunds met at work, and his first attempt to get my attention was as a footer to an email. Sadly some people use email to harass colleagues who have already advised the other party that they are not interested. For employers this is […]

Dealing with the arrested staff member

Arrested! It’s been one of those weeks. Lots of interesting HR challenges to keep us on our toes and our pencils sharpened and dealing with an employer whose staff member had been arrested the night before was one such challenge as its not every week it happens. Case it should happen to you, here’s some […]