Settlement discussions with employees don’t need to be limited to just the top line figure – this video considers benefits such as references, announcements, retention of property, garden leave and the removal of restrictive covenants as part of negotiating tactics here.

If you have any queries about the matters discussed in this video, please email employmenthub@chadlaw.co.uk for help and advice.

Go Green (HR) Or Go Home?

HR leaders are in the midst of designing a new future for the HR function and different models or thought processes are required if HR is to remain as relevant, going forward.  The default position of many organisations in these times is to please the owner or shareholders (rather than the worker), which decreases the ability of the employee to shape their employment for them, and to positively benefit from it.

https://www.chadwicklawrence.co.uk/news/go-green-hr-go-home/

Fewer sickness absences but longer hours worked for homeworkers.

A study completed by the Office of National Statistics has reported that people who are working from home has significantly increased. People occasionally working from home has increased from 9.4% in 2019 to 35.0% in 2020. The pandemic has also caused sickness absence to fall to 0.9% in 2020 for homeworkers.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/labourproductivity/articles/homeworkinghoursrewardsandopportunitiesintheuk2011to2020/2021-04-19