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Updated: Right to Work Update – big changes from April
An update from Emma Bagshaw, Consultant Senior Solicitor at Seabury Legal Ltd, on further changes to the process employers must take to ensure their employees have the right to work in the UK.
2 years
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Living with Covid-19 - 1 April 2022 changes
On 1 April 2022 the government's Covid-19 guidance was updated. But what does this mean for employers? Our expert HR advice team have analysed the new guidance and share their thoughts.
2 years
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Right to work – an update for employers
Read this update from Emma Bagshaw, Consultant Senior Solicitor at Seabury Legal Ltd, about further changes to the process for employers to ensure that employees have the right to work in the UK.
2 years 5 months
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Turbulent times for pay forecasting and the National Living Wage
Our Head of HR Services, Tim Knowles, takes a look at the pay outlook for the coming months and considers the likely increase to the National Living Wage from April 2022.
2 years 6 months
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Case Law Update – August 2021
Gary Morrison, Senior Lawyer at Co-operatives UK, outlines some key learnings for the HR sector with this case law update.
2 years 7 months
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The future of flexible working
2 years 7 months
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The end of the furlough scheme...
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS or furlough scheme) has been in place in the UK since March 2020.
2 years 7 months
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Managing a successful return to the workplace
The official ‘work from home if you can’ order ended on 19 July, albeit that government guidance states that it ‘expects and recommends a gradual return over the summer’.
2 years 7 months
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Long Covid – guidance from an HR perspective
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, there has been an increasing awareness of long covid, the phenomenon where some individuals who contract Covid-19 go on to experience debilitating symptoms for…
2 years 7 months
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Working towards a more inclusive UK co-operative sector
As I come to end of my first month in post at Co-operatives UK, I’ve been looking closely at our work on diversity, equity and inclusion. There is a long way to go - both to ‘put our own house in…
3 years 1 month
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People are at the heart of co‑ops: A round up of HR in a time of Covid‑19
Covid-19 brought challenges for all businesses and opportunities for some in dealing with increased or reduced demand, managing staff, keeping them safe and sadly, for some, restructure and…
3 years 3 months
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Get your finger on the pulse
Pulse surveys are a great way of measuring employee engagement and also finding out what matters to the people within your co-op. This will give you an informed platform to improve your co-op's…
3 years 5 months
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Taking action for diversity, equity and inclusion
We have a responsibility to advocate for and actively effect structural change to make the sectors we support and our own organisation more diverse, equitable and inclusive. We have been too quiet for…
3 years 5 months
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Equity really isn’t fair. It’s so much more than that.
For World Values Day, we invited ChangeOut – who we are working with currently to better understand Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – to contribute some thoughts on one of the co‑operative movement's…
3 years 5 months
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Covid-19 wellbeing tips
As we adapt to the impact of coronavirus, it’s really important to take time to look after yourself and strengthen your resilience.
3 years 5 months
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The value of organisational values
If you look at your mission and vision over the last year, what values have you demonstrated? How have you demonstrated them? And which values fell by the wayside?
3 years 8 months