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Margery McBain

Managing Director

Experienced HR Director, works at a Strategic level with Senior Management teams to align their HR strategy with the company strategy.

Gravitate HR Healthcheck

Friday 17th May 2013

We have reviewed and refreshed our Healthcheck to ensure we capture a wide range of data and give the client ...

Gravitate HR IT Systems

Monday 13th May 2013

We are currently upgrading our email systems to go out onto the ...

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Gill Schofield

Senior HR Account Manager

An Associate CIPD who is currently studying to complete an Advanced Diploma at Andrew Carnegie Business School.

New support to tackle long term sickness absence

Monday 8th April 2013

Sickness absence has a big impact on the productivity of British businesses, with absences over four weeks accounting for 20% ...

Will The Introduction of Tribunal Fees in 2013 really lower risk & cost for Employers?

Wednesday 12th December 2012

The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that from Summer 2013, employees bringing a claim or an appeal to the Employment ...

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Heather Bell

Senior HR Account Manager

Keen interest in employment law and the balance of employee and employer rights.

Real Time Information - Payroll has Changed

Tuesday 9th April 2013

We reported in the Autumn 2012 that payroll, as we currently know it, is ...

Our first week at Gravitate HR

Friday 29th March 2013

Read about our new HR Assistants experience during their first ...

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Elaine Burns

HR Account Manager

Graduated with MSc in Human Resource Management and CIPD Qualification, is involved in developing Grace and has an interest in PVG.

SGB / Sports Scotland Newsletter

Wednesday 19th December 2012

You can read about upcoming employment developments in 2013, our team highlights during 2012 and what is going on in ...

Absenteeism or Presenteeism: conflicting statistics

Wednesday 12th December 2012

The recent CIPD Absence Survey for 2012 suggests that overall absence has fallen from 7.7 days per employee last year ...

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Neil Ferguson

HR Account Manager

Graduated in 2008 with a BA Joint Honours Degree in Human Resource Management and Law from Strathclyde University. Keen to further studies to become CIPD accredited.

Our Team Highlights during 2012!

Wednesday 12th December 2012

It has been an exciting year for the Gravitate HR team and we are looking forward to another in ...

Important dates for the HR Calendar

Friday 6th July 2012

Margery McBain writes a handy HR checklist for July and ...

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Colette Hall

HR Account Manager

A Chartered Member of the CIPD with a keen interest in Recruitment and Employee Relations.

Employment Law: changes in 2013

Monday 8th April 2013

Find out about the employment law changes due this ...

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Josie Steele

HR Assistant

Graduated in 2012 from the University of St Andrews with an MA in Management and Psychology. Soon to commence studying towards CIPD accreditation through an MSc in Human Resource Management.