Dear Santa, We understand that you command a team of highly efficient workers and maintain very high standards year upon year, so we wonder if this Christmas, you might grace us with the following items from our wishlist… 1. Safe Equipment for Putting Up and Taking Down Christmas Decorations Very few of our employees are
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Meetings! All businesses need a certain number to ensure they are communicating and operating effectively, but when does it become one too many? Recently, a European survey of more than 2,000 employees from the UK, France and Germany found that the average employee spends 187 hours in meetings each year – the equivalent of 23
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Do you go to work afraid to be your real self for fear of what might happen if people knew the truth? I am not talking about having your ‘business head’ on and not joking around in the same way as you may when out socially with friends. I mean ‘playing the part’ all day,
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First question; do you have any private social media accounts? Now be honest, just between us, have you ever looked at them during working time or made comment about your employer or colleagues? Did you stop and think about the potential consequences before you pressed the ‘post’ button? With the influence of social media (Twitter,
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Should companies put a blanket ban on all religious celebrations being represented in the working environment or is that a step too far? With so many religions represented in the UK, it is inevitable that questions will occasionally come up over how, if at all, to mark religious events. Should staff exchange gifts i.e. Easter
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The Christmas holidays are just days away, with some offices due to shut down for the whole Christmas and New Year period. However, many British employers will not enjoy this time away in its entirety – with many admitting to continuously checking emails, taking work-related calls or completing pieces of work, when they should be
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For many employers, September can be the most dreaded month of the year. Back-to-work blues after the summer holidays can lead to a decrease in productivity and enthusiasm, with 55.8% of employees believing workplace morale lowers toward the end of summer (CV Library). So, what can you do to lift the morale and get your
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The stats Records show that the number of sick days taken by UK employees was lower in 2016 than it has been for the past 25 years since comparable records began. According to The National Office of Statistics, work days lost to illness was just 4.3 per worker last year, compared to 7.2 days in
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You may have seen a lot in the news recently regarding what employers can and cannot tell their employees to wear in the workplace, with questions being asked about whether or not employers can make it compulsory for women to wear high heels, or ban them from wearing Muslim headscarves. Whilst reports such as the
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Most employers view this time of the year as a chance to boost morale and reward hard working employees, but some statistics show that up to 10% of workers have been disciplined (or should that be ‘roasted’, given the season?!) due to their behaviour during the festive season. However, employers could avoid a New Year
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