Are you confused with the updated Public Health Covid Guidance ?

Read what the latest Public Health guidance means for your business The guidance appears therefore to be quite confusing. On the one hand COVID safety measures are no longer required for the majority of businesses, but on the other the guidance to self-isolate has been significantly widened. This leaves employers in a real bind as […]

Working Safely through Covid-19 – Updated Advice & Guidance

Businesses and other organisations Businesses and other organisations – Covid Update Employers and businesses have taken significant steps over the pandemic to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 within their settings. The Government has lifted the majority of legal requirements on businesses, and continues to provide ‘Working Safely’ guidance setting out the steps that employers can take to […]

2022 Employment Law Changes

1. 2022 Employment Law Changes: Rate Changes The 2022 employment law changes will include the usual set of rate changes and these will take effect in April 2022. They include the following:- The National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Shared Parental Pay, Adoption Pay, Maternity Allowance, and Statutory […]

Is Your Business Compliant?

We talk about; Your Legal  Responsibilities A Contract of Employment Legal & Statutory Company Policies Recommended Policies Staff Handbook HR Software Contract of Employment  It is not a legal requirement to provide employees with an employment contract. However, employees and workers must be provided with a ‘Written Statement of Employment Particulars’ that includes required information […]

Plan B – Implications for Employers

The Prime Minister has announced that England will move to ‘Plan B’ in response to the rapid rise of cases of the Omicron variant. Do office workers now need to work from home? Anyone who can work from home is being advised to do so from Monday 13 December. The Cabinet Office guidance says that anyone […]

FREE Giveaway – Halloween Competition

FREE HALLOWEEN GIVEAWAY We all love a Competition right ? And we all love the incredible & Gorgeous Hotel Chocolat & Lush don’t we? Spot the hidden ‘Halloween Image’ on our Website to be in a chance to win these Fabulous Prizes 1 – Spot the ‘Hidden Halloween Image’ within Our Website 2 – Email […]

Why We think Differently & offer Value Added HR Support.

But aren’t all Outsourced HR Services all the Same? How are we at Craven HR Services any different? Yes we offer all the usual ‘HR & People Management’ Services, but what Value Added HR do we offer? Ok I will try & explain ‘in a nutshell’. The following are the elements of HR & People […]

The Top 7 common HR risks that small businesses take

Why do you need HR as an SME or Start Up – what’s the point? Are you clear on what steps to take as a business if facing a tribunal, unfair dismissal, constructive dismissal or whistleblowing claim?  If your answers are no, please do read on. I spoke to an owner of a small business […]