We all want a productive workforce, motivated and engaged and achieving great things. It’s not so easy to create such a team, however, no matter how much we may want it. A lot of research has gone into finding out what motivates employees and we’ve listed the top ones for you here: Continue reading
Category Archives: ‘How to’ guides
Good posture saves you from a lot of trouble!
This great inforgraphic by Greatist explains why good posture is SO important and how to improve it. What a great visual guide to improving your posture and ridding us from back pain and musculoskeletal problems! Continue reading
How to: Conduct a capability procedure
This article was written by Vista, a leading Employer Services company whos core services are HR Services, Employment Law, Management Training and Development and Occupational Health and Wellbeing. Continue reading
Truth or myth? The employee doesn’t have to be present at a capability meeting
Truth!
As you can read in the guidance for conducting a capability procedure from legal experts at Vista below, if the employee is fit to attend a capability meeting but refuses to do so the employer can proceed in the employee’s absence. Continue reading
How To: Rate your Absence Management?
Recently, there has been a national focus on wellbeing at work and corporate health responsibilities. However, it may be unclear to organisations just how much Absence Management schemes could actually help them; especially for small organisations. Continue reading
How to: Stay alert at work?
Stress is on the rise, this much we all know. The long hours we put in to keep up with the workloads can affect our concentration levels at work and many suffer from sleep problems with work concerns keeping them up at night. Continue reading
How to: Implement Absence Management?
One thing Honeydew knows how to do well is implement Absence Management effectively. However we also know that it can be tricky for companies to implement a new and better way of dealing with staff absenteeism. We are here to make it simple for you to encourage as many of you to embrace an improved approach to maximising attendance. Continue reading
How to: Pull a sickie?
Every company has employees that pull sickies. It’s a given. However, it’s the excuses that have really caught our attention. Continue reading
How to: be an engaging manager
CIPD employee outlook survey, published last week, highlights some interesting insights into why employee engagement fails. Here we can show you how to utilise the survey findings and importantly, how to be an engaging manager. Continue reading
How to: Set absence targets to achieve good attendance
Effective absence management is highly dependent on good communication, specifically communication between management and employees. If the employee is honest and punctual in updating the employer on the status of their health or personal situation, the employer can help and manage the situation for a swift return to work and minimal impact on the remaining employees.