2023 Employment Law Updates & Changes

2022 Employment Law Changes- Review For the first time since the outbreak of the covid pandemic, 2022 was a return to relative normality, and a refocus on general employment laws. As a result, we saw a number of new rights introduced, removed, and proposed, making it a busy year for legal changes. Sickness certification A […]

Blue Monday – How Employers Can Recognise and Help Struggling Employees

Every year on (or about) the 16th January, the phenomenon of Blue Monday spreads across the UK to supposedly put a dark cloud of depression over one and all. The polar opposite of Christmas day. What is Blue Monday? The idea of Blue Monday has gained popularity over recent years and stems from a piece […]

Managing Absence

A Simple Guide Sadly, you can’t press a magic button to prevent staff absence. But, with a combination of tools, you can take steps to minimise it.  Developing effective return-to-work programmes, helpful workplace adjustments and offering flexible or hybrid working form part of an effective attendance management strategy. Employers should remember that most absence is […]

#Flexfrom1st – flexible working to be a day one right to request

5 Dec 2022 – Flexible working requests to be day one right to request This is absolutely Great News!  On this date, the government confirmed that new legislation would: make flexible working requests a day one right for employees (thereby removing the current 26 weeks’ service requirement) allow employees to make two requests a year (currently only […]

Festive ‘Giveaway’

The Team at Craven love regular Giveaways, one of Our very favourite brands is Lush! Christmas Giveaway Inside the psychedelic swirls of this reusable gift box, you’ll find 7 products all with Our Fave ‘Lush’s signature Snow Fairy’ (rrp £60) If only Wonka Vision existed What do you need to do? Simply; 1. Like Our […]

Stress Risk Assessment ‘Toolkit’

Work Related Stress  Did you know that Employers have a legal duty to protect employees from stress at work by doing a risk assessment and acting on it.  If you have fewer than five workers you don’t have to write anything down. But it is useful to do this, so you can review it later, […]

How do you choose a HR/H&S Service Provider?

How do you choose a HR & Or Health & Safety Service Provider? Do you use an SME like Craven or a big Corporate? We know how time-consuming HR and H&S can be, getting it wrong can be costly and disruptive to your business.  Employing someone of equivalent experience could cost you as much as […]

How can a SME Positively & realistically Support Mental Health & Wellbeing at Work ?

“Employers are having to compete with record-high starting salaries, increased overheads and pay review requests from employees who are trying equally hard to meet inflated prices”. Over the past few months, rising costs for food, fuel and living have pushed thousands below the poverty line as people struggle to make ends meet. The Resolution Foundation […]

How are SME business owners feeling about the cost-of-living crisis?

The dramatic hike in inflation has intensified existing pressures placed on small & medium businesses (SME), causing added stress for owners and managers. Seven in 10 (69%) small and micro business owners say the cost-of-living crisis is affecting their mental health, according to a joint survey by the free PR platform Newspage. Of those surveyed, […]

Huge Thank You !

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who attended &/or supported Our Incredible Fundraising & Networking Event at Uptopia, Skipton last week It was such as Huge Success and we are very very pleased to say that we ‘Smashed It’ – thank you for all the Positive Feedback – we have had […]