Employing Young People

Christmas is coming and it can be a busy time for businesses. It’s also the time when young people might be looking for some part-time work so as there are some regulations to follow when employing children and young people, we thought it would be useful to outline...

Employment Law Top Tips

One thing I do quite regularly is attend workshops and training courses to make sure my knowledge is always up to date. I recently spent a Saturday at an Employment Law workshop and it was a really helpful refresher for the kinds of things employers need to know when...

Managing sickness absence in your business

With the government estimating that sickness absence costs employers up to £9 billion a year, managing the balance between supporting individual employees who are unable to work due to illness with keeping levels of sickness absence as low as possible across the whole...

Helping Employees Through The Summer Holidays

As I write this, it is raining for the first time in weeks, which can mean only one thing – the school summer holidays are about to start! And for us here in Cornwall, it also means we are braced and ready to welcome all the holidaymakers who have chosen our lovely...