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Pod 6, The Engine Rooms, Station Road
Chepstow
Monmouthshire
01633 730907
For more than 10 years we have provided companies of all sizes and in a variety of sectors with uncomplicated, innovative and affordable human resources advice and on-site support ensuring that your people are an asset to your company and not a liability.
With the National Minimum Wage (NMW) now almost fifteen years old, and with another increase pending on 1st April 2017 HMRC have issued a list of the most elaborate excuses they've been given by employers for not paying the appropriate rates:
You may have heard in yesterday's news that the Home Secretary has released information on how the UK Government will treat EU citizens post-brexit. The Government’s default position will be that EU citizens will be allowed to remain in the UK subject to them …
Read MoreJust because e-mail is easy and fast DOES NOT mean that it is the most effective communication medium; do you recognise any of the following types of e-mailer that are ruining our inboxes ... do you recognise yourself in the list?
Read MoreWith the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) now with us, there was encouraging news for SMEs from Elizabeth Denham from the Information Commissioner's Office.
Read MoreIt's great to be able to share with you the fact that Bevan has now successfully completed his CIPD Level 5 Certificate in Human Resources Management.
Read MoreThe question of whether an employee can be dismissed for misconduct with our prior warning when multiple issues arise, none of which are by themselves, gross misconduct was answered by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) today in Mbubaegbu v Homerton University Hospital.
Read MoreIndependent consultants are often very experienced professionals, who are weary of the bureaucracy seen in traditional consulting firms. They’ve made the decision to strike out solo and take control of their contacts and contracts.
Read MoreWere delighted to confirm that we're now Cyber Essentials accredited ...
Read MoreThere are a number of changes to employment law due over the next two months ...
Read MoreAn HR Grapevine article has recently listed The Top Ten Silliest Workplace Rules; we'd be interested to know if you have any sillier rules than these ...
Read MoreThe Ministry of Justice has today published the provisional Tribunal statistics for October 2017 - December 2017.
Read MoreFrom 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will replace the UK’s current statutory framework on managing data protection. Its scope is wide and will require organisations to review their practices in relation to handling data in many areas, especially in how they manage and process employee personal information, which often includes sensitive personal information.
Read MoreWe're delighted to have been nominated by one of our clients in the Independent HR Consultant of the Year category of the Wales HR Awards 2018.
Read MoreOver the last few weeks we have become aware of a number of instances where employers who pay their employees at the appropriate National Minimum Wage rate for their age, have been found, and fined by HMRC for paying below the National Minimum Wage specifically where employees are actually paid in equal monthly or weekly instalments based on an annual salary.
Read MoreMuch as employees are already legally entitled to an itemised pay statement, from April 2019 the Employment Rights Act (Itemised Pay Statement) (Amendment) Order 2018 will require payslips to state the number of hours being paid where wages vary according to time worked; either as an aggregate number of hours or as separate figures for different types of work (or rates of pay).
Read MoreEarlier today the UK Government issued a press-release entitled, 'Millions to benefit from enhanced rights as the Government responds to Taylor review of modern working practices'.The title of the press release would suggest far reaching changes to employment legislation yet the content suggests the opposite.
Read MoreAs part of his ongoing CIPD studies, Bevan has recently had to undertake a research project on how companies might better embrace disability in the workplace and given the apparent shortage of quality applicants on the job-market, now seems like an ideal time to do some myth-busting around employing disabled people.
Read MoreIn a joint announcement earlier this week, the UK Government and the EU have stated that EU citizens living in the UK will be allowed 'to live. work or study as they currently do under the same conditions as under EU law' when the UK leaves the EU.
Read MoreThe UK Government has just completed a review of automatic enrolment and have published their findings; five key recommendations are ...
Read MoreThe UK Government has announced that its Fit for Work will no longer be operating its free referral and assessment service from 15th December 2017.
Read MoreAs part of the Autumn Budget, Chancellor Philip Hammond confirmed the new minimum rates of pay which will apply from April 2018.
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