Human Resources

Q&A: Holiday entitlement for employees

After more than ten years’ working full-time for a company are you legally entitled to have longer holidays?

Entrepreneurs

Should you take bank holidays if you’re self-employed?

With the August bank holiday around the corner, Intuit's Dominic Allon lays out the pros and cons of taking the day off if you're self-employed.

Growth Planning

Do you have holiday FOMO? 95% of business owners plan to work through Christmas

Are UK business owners just not ready to let go this holiday season because of FOMO - the fear of missing out?

Human Resources

Boss takes staff on holiday as work perk

An HR advisory firm practiced what it preaches by tweaking its bonus model to include an all-staff getaway reward

Human Resources

Employees returning from holiday more stressed than when they left

Pressure to get things wrapped up before leaving and anxiety about work left behind mean some people come back from time off more stressed than when they left.

Human Resources

Public holidays and treating part-time employees fairly

Public holidays can be very tricky when trying to work out part-time and casual staff's wages fairly: so here is a quick guide to do some of the work for you.