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Recent Blog Posts By Russell Corlett - Health and Safety Director

Protecting vegans at work: your legal duty?

Vegans are used to bad press. But this time, an employment dispute has thrown ethical veganism into the spotlight for a different reason… When Jordi C... Read More

08 January 2019 By Russell Corlett - Health and Safety Director

Pay Rise Request

From time-to-time, your employees may feel they’re ready to receive a pay rise. This could be down to an increase in responsibilities, having gained m... Read More

08 January 2019 By Russell Corlett - Health and Safety Director

Why your employees' fitness really is your business

As the boss, you might be thinking it’s not your responsibility to look after your employees’ fitness. You’re not about to introduce a type-as-you-tre... Read More

08 January 2019 By Russell Corlett - Health and Safety Director

Here's what I know - Nothing's permanent except change

I’ll admit that I didn’t come up with that one—credit goes to Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher. But both dealing with and being aware of change are v... Read More

04 December 2018 By Russell Corlett - Health and Safety Director

Your guide to a drama-free Christmas party

When you sign a cheque to pay for the workplace shindig, you don’t want to see alcohol-sponsored antics that will fuel office gossip. You want your st... Read More

04 December 2018 By Russell Corlett - Health and Safety Director

How to avoid Christmas payroll pitfalls

Christmas = frantic last-minute shopping. For most people, December is the most expensive month of the year. That’s why a lot of employers bring... Read More

04 December 2018 By Russell Corlett - Health and Safety Director

Can you enforce a break-time cigarette ban?

Since July 2007, you’ve been able to tell your staff who smoke to take their habit outside. But what about taking it one step further, and banning ... Read More

04 December 2018 By Russell Corlett - Health and Safety Director

How risky is a workplace romance in the #MeToo era?

8.45 am. You enter the kitchen at work. Two of your staff are quite close. Boil the kettle. Grab a teabag. One sugar, and stir. Execute your exit stra... Read More

08 November 2018 By Russell Corlett - Health and Safety Director

The highs and lows of employee drug-testing

Work hard, play hard. If your employees take illegal drugs on their own time, it shouldn’t matter to you, right? Not so... When your employees’ ... Read More

08 November 2018 By Russell Corlett - Health and Safety Director

The lowdown on unpaid leave

Look around your workplace. Some people may have children. A lot of your employees probably have elderly parents. Others might have needy pets. Such r... Read More

08 November 2018 By Russell Corlett - Health and Safety Director

Act now: the law around payslips is changing

For your employees, payday isn’t just another day. And for you? It means making sure your staff have their payslips either before or on the day they g... Read More

08 November 2018 By Russell Corlett - Health and Safety Director

The 4 pillars of avoiding a tribunal

Few employers expect to face a tribunal. For some, it’s a case of it-won’t-happen-to-me syndrome (optimism bias, as psychologists call it). But for mo... Read More

02 October 2018 By Russell Corlett - Health and Safety Director

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