Entries by Lorraine

How to create a company culture that your employees crave

The culture of a company is a set of shared core values and practices that define an organisation, both internally for employees and externally as part of its public image. The more well-defined a company’s culture is, the more likely they are to attract top talent and retain current staff! This is why paying particular […]

Tips for successful employee appraisals

Performance appraisals are important within the workplace as they provide a forum where employees can discuss their past performance and future development opportunities with their manager. They allow for a dialogue between manager and employee to develop where team and business objectives can be discussed and linked to the employee’s personal goals.   Many employees […]

Onboarding – The Best Practices

If you have just gone through a recruitment process and found your ideal new employee, your job is not done.  Your focus now needs to shift to ensuring you hold on to them and they stay!! As we find ourselves in the thraws of the great resignation with the added pressure of increasingly high numbers […]

What Employment Law Changes Should Businesses Be Aware of In 2022?

We are now well into the second month of 2022; a year where no one really knew what to expect following on from the constant restrictions and uncertain futures we saw in 2020 and 2021 thanks to Covid-19 and Brexit.  As HR professionals, we have been sitting tight to see just how January and February […]