Posts Tagged Human Resources

Employing Foreign Nationals. Hiring someone from outside the UK? A criminal offence will be committed where a business employs an individual, and they have a reasonable cause to believe that they do not have the right to work in the UK. You could be fined up to £20,000 if you do not check this. Businesses have a legal duty to prevent illegal working, and can be subjected to penalties if they fail to comply. So if you have compliance concerns with regards foreign nationals, this post will provide you with answers and official go to links for you to use. Employing Foreign

Paid time off for the Covid vaccine? Unsure what decision to make? Speak to an HR expert at the Hive Collaborative today. ACAS have found that a quarter of British employers have not been giving their staff paid time off for Covid-19 vaccinations. Furthermore, they have no intention of doing so going forward. Is this the correct HR decision? Back to normality? At what time will Covid-19 rules and regulations fall into the same criteria as say getting a flu jab? At which point an employer should be reasonably allowed to ask staff to use their own time to get

Starting salaries increase at a quick pace, for permanent staff, due to a rising demand for staff and a further substantial drop in candidate supply. This is according to KPMG, and the REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) latest UK report on Jobs. Starting Salaries Increase Report The report highlights, the rate of salary inflation is the sharpest seen in almost 24 years of data collection. The availability of candidates continued to decline rapidly in July 2021, driven by concerns regarding job security due to the pandemic, a lack of European workers due to Brexit and a generally low UK unemployment