HR Matters Newsletter
HR Matters - Thirty Seventh Edition
Welcome to the 37th edition of HR Matters as we celebrate another milestone at Horsfield Menzies - 3 Years since our first HR Matters eNews was published!
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HR Matters - Thirty Second Edition
Welcome to the 32nd edition of HR Matters. It’s now too late to say Happy New Year but Happy 2024!
Forget “Dry January”. Rather, congratulations are in order for doing “January” (where the aim is just to get to the end of January).
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HR Matters - Twenty Fifth Edition
Welcome to our June newsletter! As the country has been baked by blistering heat over the last few weeks, the temperature has simultaneously been turned up on a number of significant HR issues, each of which we report on in this sizzling edition of HR Matters.
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HR Matters - Twenty Third Edition
Welcome to our April edition of HR Matters.
In this edition we have insight into how workplaces can be better (spoiler alert: follow ACAS guidelines, get some up-to-date employment law training for managers etc…) along with a salutary tale from one of the recent high-profile examples of an organisation that got things wrong in spectacular fashion…
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HR Matters - Eighteenth Edition
Welcome to our 18th edition of HR Matters. November has seen the launch of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. As a result, football is dominating our TV and news feeds, but please be assured that it’s not dominating this newsletter…
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HR Matters - Fourteenth Edition
Welcome to July’s HR Matters.
In this edition, we report on some important case law developments relating to fire and rehire, wellness in the workplace and holiday pay. We also consider the hot topics of neonatal leave and gender identity policies.
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HR Matters - Ninth Edition
Welcome to our second HR Matters of 2022.
As we go to press, we are dismayed by the developing situation in Ukraine and our thoughts and prayers are with the Ukrainian people and their leaders at this horrific time. Let’s hope that peace prevails, and soon.
In the meantime, employers must be mindful and sympathetic towards employees with Ukrainian connections. They can be forgiven for being distracted or anxious.
There is also evidence in some quarters of a backlash against Russian employees simply because they are Russian…more
HR Matters - Eighth Edition
Hello and welcome to our first edition of HR Matters for 2022. We trust that you have had a good start to the year and are embracing our new found freedoms!
This month we take a look at:
1. Time limits in discrimination claims – the impact of grievances.
2. The Great Reshuffle – a different take on the Great Resignation
3. What's New in '22? A brief summary of some interesting HR Matters to kick-off the New Year.
HR Matters - Fourth Edition
Hello and welcome to the fourth edition of HR Matters. This time we offer an introduction to our forthcoming series of free webinars and, of course, offer some further insights into what we consider to be important topics in the workplace.
1. Our Autumn Series of Free Webinars
2. Social Media
3. No jab, no job
4. Discrimination and "hypersensitivity"
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HR Matters - Third Edition
In our third edition of HR Matters we take a look at the following topics:
1. Changes to the rules on self isolation for those double jabbed - what do employers need to know?
2. Introducing Sarah Marrow
3. Key considerations for employers when deciding whether to dismiss
4. UK right to work
5. Hybrid working
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HR Matters - Second Edition
This time we take a look at:
1. Requirement to work flexible or unsociable hours can be discriminatory against working mothers
2. Pandemic Panic - automatically unfair dismissals
3. Belief that "sex is immutable" is a protected belief under the Equality Act: what this means (and what it does not mean)
4. Meet Chris Dias, our immigration expert.
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HR Matters - First Edition
Hello! We are excited to welcome you to our first newsletter! In this edition we take a look at:
1. Working from home
2. Fire and rehire
3. Gig Economy
4. Sleep-ins
5. Line of Duty?
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