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Recruiting Apprentices – Here’s some things to bear in mind
Having an apprentice in your setting is very popular and its never been a better time to hire one given the Government incentives that are in place to support the training and the host employer. Here's some things you should bear in mind if you are hiring an...
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What is a Risk Assessment?
There's a lot of talk about risk assessments at the moment. Even though we stick to talking about HR on this blog, I thought you may find it useful to learn a bit more about risk assessments. Here's a blog from Frank McCormack one of our HR Advisors. At it's simplest,...
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He’s refusing to wear a face mask?
Wearing of a face mask where social distancing can't be achieved has been with us for some time now. Featuring in many an organisation's COVID Risk Assessment and workplace procedures. As we might have expected in some workplaces, employees have been resistant to...
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Struggling to sleep?
With our lives being turned upside down over the last 12 months due to the Pandemic, it’s not surprising that more of us are struggling to sleep than ever before. This year World Sleep Day is on Friday 19th March, their motto for 2021 is ‘Regular Sleep, Healthy...
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Returning Shielding Employees to Work
As you are probably aware clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) employees have been advised to shield until the 31st March 2021. This means many are working from home, on sickness absence receiving SSP, or are furloughed by their employers. With the 31st March fast...
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Redundancy whilst on maternity leave from your Day Nursery
When an organisation needs to consider redundancies, it must have a fair reason for doing so. Unfortunately, during the pandemic some Day Nurseries may need to consider redundancies in order to manage the impact of loss of business. In this article we explain what...
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Employee Assistance Programmes
If you've noticed one thing during the last 12 months it will be that not everyone has coped well with enforced lockdowns and the impact of the pandemic on our lives and livelihoods. In fact many employers are reporting greater numbers of employee's off with stress...
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Please talk more
When I was at school, my school reports often included a comment that I was too chatty and needed to talk less in class. (I know shocker!) To be fair talking has never really caused me too many problems but I do think that we are so reliant on technology these days...
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Why you may need a Coronavirus Vaccine Policy?
This last few days in Early Years has been what I can only describe as a rollercoaster of emotions. Early on Thursday morning my Facebook timeline was 'alight' with the welcome news that early years employees may be eligible to be vaccinated immediately. This was due...
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How to avoid the issues when providing a reference for an ex-employee
Yet again this month we have heard of an employer being challenged by an ex-employee over the reference given. Whilst not everyone seeks references for new employees, it is common practice in Early Years for employers to seek references from their candidates and in...
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