Employee grievances

Articles and guides on how UK SMEs can effectively deal with employee grievances and the structured processes they should employ to provide fair resolutions.

News

Introducing our Business Essentials service

Our new Business Essentials membership service offers all the tools and support you will need to help run your business

Employing & managing staff

How to deal with a furloughed employee who refuses to return to work

Tribunals are expected to weigh in favour of employees who say they haven’t gone back to work because they feel unsafe during Covid-19. What can a small business owner do?

Employing & managing staff

How to stop your small business getting bad reviews on Glassdoor

Glassdoor, the website where staff anonymously review employers, has become the go-to place where prospective employees gauge companies. Jonathan Richards shares 7 fixes to stop your business getting bad reviews

Employing & managing staff

Eight steps to overcome your fear of employee grievances

Here, Gillian Smith, HR policy consultant at Moorepay, explains how you can deal with employee grievances.

Employing & managing staff

Staff behaving badly

As employees start thinking about festive celebrations, there's a heightened risk of disaster. SmallBusiness.co.uk looks at how to manage internal disputes and staff excess.

News

New dispute measures to save time and money

New measures which will simplify the workplace resolution system are to reach parliament today, in moves which could save firms up to £175 million a year.

Legal advice

Grievance and disciplinary procedures note taking

At an employee complaint hearing, handwritten notes were made by us and then transcribed. The original notes were shredded by our HR manager and the employee has now indicated that we have broken the data protection act and is going to make a complaint. Is he right?

Future-proof your business communications set-up

Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings