The News - Gravitate HR Weblog
Welcome to the latest posts from our Weblog which includes news about Gravitate, its clients and free HR advice for businesses. Click on the article title to read more and even leave us a comment or two!
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Another success for Gravitate HR working in collaboration with our clients. For some months we have been in consultation with ACAS and a Trade Union on a proposed recognition agreement which the company did not believe was in the best interests of the workforce, It was decided to go to ballot - with the Union requiring [...]
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Having tirelessly trained for the impending 10km on Sunday just gone, I successfully achieved a time of 1 hour and 21 seconds! A great feat considering I had not managed to run a full 10km prior to the event. I would like to thank all of the team at Gravitate for their encouragement and support [...]
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Rewarding employees for long-service has remained a grey area for many employers and HR practitioners due to the introduction of age discrimination regulations in October 2006. The regulations state that any contractual benefit which is subject to an employee reaching a certain age or which increases with length of service is potentially age discriminatory. At [...]
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As part of the Human Resources Management Masters course at Napier University in Edinburgh, students have to go on a three week placement with a local business. I was offered a place at Gravitate HR and the placement has recently finished. I was lucky enough to be part of a very friendly team of six [...]
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In the current economic climate some companies might be tempted to hire independent contractors on a self-employed basis rather than hiring staff as employees. The advantages and flexibility seem extremely attractive as this individual will not be entitled to any employment rights (apart from non-discriminatory rights), will only be paid when he or she produces [...]
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Each year, the Employment Tribunal Services provide statistics summarising the number of claims that have been brought to tribunal (both successful and unsuccessful), what the jurisdiction of each claim is, representation at each claim, and the subsequent compensatory awards for successful claims.
From last year’s report, the following statistics have been provided –
Total number of claims [...]
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Welcome to the second edition of Gravitate HR’s quarterly newsletter. Each edition will detail up and coming legal changes, implications for your organisation and Gravitate HR case studies.
We would like to wish you all a very happy easter and hope you get the chance for some spring sunshine.
Download it here!
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Annual appraisals have been given a makeover for some of our clients by seeing performance through different perspectives. This was achieved by using 360 degree feedback surveys, which gave individuals feedback from their colleagues and managers, and in turn contributed to their appraisal review. This feedback was seen as ‘useful’ and an ‘eye [...]
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