People Puzzles

Holiday pay & overtime rules – are you aware? We were interested to read about a recent case in the Court of Appeal which ruled that employers should ensure that any regular overtime payments are included  in calculations in the first 20 days of any holiday payments made.

Mood hoovers: How to prevent them and what to do about them! Do you have an individual in your workplace that constantly grumbles and brings everyone else down? Or perhaps you have more than one, and you want to stop it becoming a contagion! We asked two of our portfolio HR Directors, Helen Witt and Barbara Johnson, for

Seven benefits that a UK-based HR Director can bring to a US company Morag Woodliffe, People Puzzles Portfolio HR Director, lists the key reasons why a US based company should have a UK based HR Director for their over-seas office.

Three Key Tips to making the most of Staff Training Spending money on training can be a significant business investment. But in too many cases, training is forgotten because trainees are not given the chance to test out their newly acquired skills once they’re back in the workplace.

My managers were promoted for their technical expertise, but they can’t manage! Do you have managers that were promoted for their technical expertise but they can’t manage staff effectively? We look at how to spot the problems early on – and what you can do about them. It is common in smaller businesses, particularly those

‘I am running the company now – how do I stop my parents interfering?’ Handing over a company to a successor is always a tricky time in business leadership, but when the owners are the parents of the successor, the transition can have additional challenges.

Future of Work: Technology – Artificial intelligence, big data and ethics Tech is likely to revolutionise the future of work in ways we are currently unable to predict. Dominic Holmes, from our partners Taylor Vinters has spoken to tech recruiters about new types of roles that are popping up that would not have existed even