Calm. Too calm.

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We went through a redundancy process at a golf club back in July 2020.

And it was all very calm.  Too calm.

There were several staff members at risk, including the club manager, and when that happens, it can be quite challenging – managers are much less inclined to play ball.

Not this time though – the manager quietly went through the process, didn’t apply for any of the new roles created, and was made redundant.

Last month we found out why the manager had gone so quietly: they’d been defrauding the club.

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Tales of an HR Services Expert – Day 14: Minimum Wage

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Doing employees a favour doesn’t always work

I was approached by a company to help with a situation that was baffling them.

They had employed someone who wasn’t really as experienced as they would have liked, but they liked him and created a job for him.

However what they also did was pay him less than minimum wage. [Read more…]

Tales of an HR Services Expert – Day 9: Avoiding expensive mistakes

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So. You’re a small business with just a few employees, and managing them is one job you have to do yourself. And do it well.

Learn from the costly traps that other employers have fallen into, with this free guide on the pitfalls you simply must avoid. Remember these are the seven biggest mistakes that employers make which lead straight to a tribunal and cost them their personal cash – so beware!

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