18th June 2015
A recent survey by business psychology consultancy JCA suggests there has been a huge slump in Emotional Intelligence (EI) in the HR industry over the last three years, illustrating that whilst HR professionals are committed to the EI of team members, they often overlook their own emotional intelligence.
16th June 2015
The Guardian newspaper has carried out an extensive review of research carried out in a number of occupational surveys to ascertain which professions report high levels of satisfaction and happiness. But what does this tell us and how can these results be applied to other professions?
15th June 2015
It’s surely no coincidence that TV meteorologists around the world tend to be stunningly good looking, as though superhuman beauty and perfect teeth are essential for telling us if we need to apply sun cream or if we had better take an umbrella out with us. The “weather girl” role is undeniably one in which […]
9th April 2015
Does your company conduct return to work interviews when a member of staff has been off sick? A surprising number don’t, even though they’ll have been paying the member of staff while they were away from the workplace. There are a number of excuses you might put forward for not doing Return to Work interviews. […]
27th March 2015
Starting a new job can be a stressful experience at the best of times. It might include giving up a good job to start anew with only the promises made in the recruitment process for comfort. People with mortgages and kids to support might have a pressing need for success, but in reality every new […]
10th March 2015
The history of personnel management isn’t quite as straightforward as you may think. You could be forgiven for assuming that human resources is so ubiquitous and essential that there couldn’t possibly have been a time when industry managed without it. You’d be wrong. The world managed to get through an agricultural and an industrial revolution […]
18th February 2015
Employee absence is an unavoidable part of running a business. But without effective management it can escalate from being an inconvenience to being a problem. Fortunately, there are steps that can be taken to reduce the burden of sickness absence that doesn’t infringe on employees’ “right to be ill”. We’ve put together ten priceless tips […]
23rd January 2015
2003: LinkedIn – 2003: Myspace – 2004: YouTube – 2005: Facebook – 2005: Twitter – 2010: Instagram – 2011: Google+ … It seems that every few years a new social network pops up. A few of them reach levels of ubiquity that make them as important as email, the press, TV and phones when it […]
17th November 2014
There has always been an element of remote working in workforces of all sectors. Sometimes it’s been through necessity, other times it has been through choice. But the digital revolution that started in the mid–late-1990s heralded a new age of remote working. The biggest change was that jobs requiring the worker to be at the […]
4th November 2014
Absence is an issue that all human resources departments have to pay attention to. It can play a part in deciding how productive and motivated individual employees are, which in turn can influence promotion or disciplinary proceedings. However it can also be a guide to the state of staff morale and can be an early […]
7th February 2014
By Peninsula Group Director, Alan Price From regularly using hronline you really feel the benefit of all the functions that it has to offer you as a business owner, however one thing you probably don’t notice straight away is just how useful a tool hronline is for an employee too. The fact that each employee […]
30th January 2014
By Peninsula Group Director, Alan Price So lets look at a feature of hronline that I find extremely useful. The key details of my employees are stored in hronline, I can see who my employees are, details such as date of birth, next of kin etc. hronline can also tell me how many days holiday […]
22nd January 2014
By Peninsula Group Director, Alan Price I thought it would be interesting to write a diary that would document my regular experiences using hronline, especially as I am new to using HR software supposedly designed to make my life easier. For sometime I have wanted an alternative to noting holidays, attendance and absenteeism rather than […]
19th December 2013
In true festive spirit we would like to offer all our clients the opportunity to receive an extra gift, we have received lots of shopping vouchers from Santa and we want to share the good tidings with our clients. To claim your £50 high street vouchers simply refer someone to use who you think could […]
6th December 2013
One of my personal pet hates is lateness. When I started my working life it was drilled into me that being on time was important. Turning up late for work or a meeting is disrespectful to your co-workers and the business you work for. In today’s business however, there is an expectancy from many employees […]