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Why It’s a Good Idea to Update Your Employee Contracts

When was the last time you gave your employee contracts a check-up? With laws and regulations changing often, it’s super important for your business to keep those contracts fresh and up-to-date. We sat down with our team to answer some common questions about employee contracts. How often should employee contracts be reviewed and updated? Ideally, your employee contracts should undergo an annual review to ensure they align to current legislation and the company’s needs. There’s no strict requirement for contracts to be reissued, we recommend reissuing them when you make any changes and highlighting these with your team. When should an employee ...

The Importance of Investing in Training and Development

Investing in your team has many benefits both for the employee and your company. Not only does it improve employee satisfaction and retention, but it can improve your company’s reputation as a whole. Read on to learn why you should invest in training and development. Improve Employee Performance & Productivity Industries, now more than ever, are constantly changing and evolving meaning companies that don’t invest in training can often be left behind. Ensuring your employees are properly trained can improve their performance and the overall productivity of your team. Employees will gain a better understanding of their role, what is expected ...

How to Sustain Good Mental Health in the Workplace

Today, more than ever, workplaces should focus on supporting and working with any employees that suffer from mental health conditions. Creating a positive workplace with a clear structure and support system can not only help those with pre-existing mental health issues but also ensure that work-related stress issues are avoided where possible. Spotting the signs There are general ways to recognise the signs of stress and mental health issues within the workplace which can include; workers appearing anxious and nervous, assessing whether your staff are over-burdened or over capacity with their workload, workers might take more time off or appear ...

5 steps for successful personal career planning

Outline Objectives When outlining what career opportunities are available to you, objectives can be an efficient way of determining what is needed to meet your ideal career. These objectives can be as little or as large as is needed for your career. For example, if you want to own your own business or become the head of a department within a successful business then you may need to get a degree within that field. Smaller objectives could be things like experience within that industry or an understanding of particular software. Set Goals Goals and objectives go hand in hand when it comes to planning and achieving. Once you have outlined your career ...

Benefits of personal development programmes

Personal development is essential for those looking to improve their skills and abilities within a role or to progress towards a role. Whilst personal development has been used heavily to develop careers, it is also used to improve life skills and inspire people to strive to reach their goals, whether this is to apply for a new job or network more outside of work. Clear goals Personal development programmes can be used to outline clear, practical goals that you can strive towards. Whilst these goals will be achievable, they will be stretching to challenge yourself and your skill set so once they have been achieved you will be a different person. ...

How you can invest in your employees

Businesses that don’t invest in their employee can often find that they have a high staff turnover and often a reduced motivational rate within the company. Employees who feel valued within a company are given an incentive to do their work well and can be loyal to the company that they work for. When an employee sees a job as just a job they may be looking for work elsewhere or may not care about the work they are doing. When a company invests in their employee's welfare and progression within a company, they will see the company rewarded with hard-working employees who are striving for new goals within the business. In-house management traini...

5 Ways to Improve Employee Satisfaction

Being satisfied with both your work and the company that you work for can be imperative to the degree of effort and motivation that you have towards your work. Companies who try to actively improve their employees work satisfaction often see the benefits through employee retention, improved productivity levels and overall improved workplace morale. Here are 5 simple, cost-effective ways that you can improve employee satisfaction within your business. Listening Many employees feel that they aren't listened to by their boss and the company that they work for. If you are within a big company, this feeling will be amplified. Actively showing that ...

The Man on the Train

A good few years ago, I was a self-employed magician, sitting at home and cursing my agent for not getting me enough work...