The HR Place

Month: March 2018

Fantastic Freelancers

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I’ve heard that even when you’re further down the line, simply finding the time to get everything done can be a huge challenge for business owners, and sometimes there will be jobs on the to-do list that fall way outside your own skill set, or simply don’t make business sense for you to spend time on (like my über-successful friend, who farms out her store returns to a Virtual Assistant).

2018 Statutory Rate Update

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From April 2018, statutory sick pay will increase to £95.05 per week.
Statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental pay and maternity allowance will be £145.18 per week.

Managing Maternity Leave

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36 per cent of the 1,106 decisionmakers who were surveyed thought it was reasonable to ask a woman about her plans to have children, with 59 per cent agreeing that a woman should have to disclose during the recruitment process whether she is pregnant.