For some, the festive season at the end of the year usually brings thoughts about holidays, recharging, winding down and Christmas or end of year parties.   For others such as in the hospitality, tourism or retail sector, it’s the time to ramp up, onboard more staff, prepare for increased numbers of people, and preparing for Christmas or end of year parties.   For HR teams, it’s a time of “things no one cared about all year but now everyone wants before Christmas”, preparing

So you’ve given an employee notice of termination, either because their performance has not met required standards, due to a disciplinary issue, they were made redundant or they retired.  However, you are obligated to provide them with notice and they remain in the workplace until their end date.  In the majority of cases, an employee prepares the necessary handover documents, there is a lovely morning tea to farewell them, they return all their equipment and it's all nice an

80% . A study in the New York Times (published in August 2022) found that eight out of 10  of the United States’ private employers tracked productivity metrics  of workers. Software that can track phone calls made, how long people spend composing emails, keyboard activity, periodic screenshots of screens and “productivity points” are becoming the norm.  Other software companies are finding ways to combat this by designing “mouse jigglers” which create the appearance of activi