Face coverings are now required by regulations which apply to employees in certain sectors including hospitality, retail and tourism. Employers, although employers can ask employees to supply their own face coverings. In light of their health and safety duties employers in these sectors should supply these face coverings for staff to minimise the risk of […]
As COVID-19 vaccines are approved and rolled out, GPs are preparing for a mass vaccination programme. Employers should consider having a policy around healthcare and vaccinations, including COVID-19. Employers may need to revisit the policy once extensive guidance emerges from the government. However, certain assumptions can already be made such as: key workers, […]
The Government has produced guidance for employers to make workplaces COVID-secure and so employers should keep checking the government website for the latest information. Risks to pregnant women Pregnant women have extra statutory protection to ensure they are protected from risks at work. Employers have a duty to protect all employees and an […]
Interviewers during competency based interviews, always look for structure in candidate’s delivery. Some interviewers might guide candidates towards bringing structure to the table and some other interviewers might assume that candidates are already aware of the need for a structured delivery. Some interviewers help candidates bring about structure through further follow up probing questions during interviews. So how do you as candidate make sure that anytime and everything you go for an interview, you put structure on the table to enhance and engaging conversational style. Quite simple put- Stick a STAR on it.
You spent all night thinking of what to say, how to say it, and when to say it. You went into the interview with great confidence and said a lot to every question asked, coming out of the interview feeling epic and saying to yourself “you know what, I’ve got this job right in the bag. Then the phone rings from concerned one, your mum, dad, husband, wife, son, daughter, boyfriend, girlfriend or any well-wisher , they pop the golden question at you “ So how was the interview?” and you replied ,with all confidence,“ I smashed it. Really?
Former UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson once famously said that a week is a long time in politics. After a dramatic week of various twists and turns, Prime Minister Theresa May and Jean Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, shook hands on a deal in the early hours of 8 December to allow progress to the next stage of Brexit talks. For HR managers, the agreement is a timely and potentially significant milestone because it provides a lot more detail and certainty about the current and future status of EU nationals that was not known even a week before.
I recently attended the Institute of Business Ethics’ event on creating a ‘speak up’ culture, which is of course particularly topical given the multitude of sexual harassment accusations in Westminster and Hollywood. In an ideal world, organisations would create environments where everyone takes responsibility for acting with integrity, and feels confident that they will be heard. But this requires leaders and managers to be willing and able to deal with criticism and possibly uncomfortable truths about behaviour in the organisation.
