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Sylvia Kittens
Member since 01st November 2007
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02nd December 2008
Where does your company stand on alcohol and drugs? Chances are you’re not sure. When it comes to employee discipline, things like consistent lateness or absenteeism are easy to measure. Bad behaviour is often cut and dry, but alcohol and drug problems ...
02nd December 2008
One in ten employees has a drink or drug problem, yet many employers don’t have any sort of policy on alcohol or drug abuse. Of course, it’s an important issue if your employees operate machinery or drive vehicles because it can seriously affect their...
01st December 2008
If an employee goes off work for some reason, either because of an accident or mental health, the longer they stay off the less chance there is of them ever returning. In fact, if they don’t return to work within 6 weeks there is a less than 50% chance ...
01st December 2008
Employees take time off work for all sorts of reasons, and sick days cost employers lots of productivity and wasted wages every year. When a member of staff goes off work long term this becomes a real problem. Other colleagues have to cover for them and t...
01st December 2008
Generation Y are the 18-28 year olds who’ve grown up with new technology, a booming economy, high levels of debt, and increased university education. Many of them will have degrees, all of them will be on Facebook and most of them will know how to use a...
01st December 2008
Flexible working has long been an uncomfortable subject for employers. It’s certainly easier when all your employees work 9 to 5 – you only have to open the office during those hours, clients know when and where they can find you, you work the same ho...
30th November 2008
There are many government schemes in place to encourage disabled people into the workplace. Employers have a legal obligation not to discriminate on any grounds, be it race, religion, sex or disability so these schemes are very relevant to any business. D...
25th November 2008
Generation Y – well educated, tech-savvy young adults who are taking the first step onto the career ladder and breathing fresh life into your business. If you can engage with them, that is. The government’s drive to educate everyone to university stan...
24th November 2008
Flexible working has traditionally been seen as a solution for workers who have other commitments such as family. There’s a general perception that it’s women that tend to work part time, whereas men, or women without children, can put in a full worki...
16th November 2008
Just like any in any other industry, huge amounts of cash are lost each year through errors in the workplace. This can sometimes be blamed on machinery or technology, but ultimately the blame lies with people. Human error is the starting point for most ac...
27th October 2008
The current 'credit crunch' has got business owners across the country looking for ways to motivate their employees into going 'above and beyond the call of duty'. In hard times we all have to work harder, and business owners know that in order to survive...
27th October 2008
For those of a senior disposition life sometimes gets hard. Things that used to be easy become difficult and ordinary tasks start to take their toll. This is why so many elderly people end up in care homes – not because of any particular medical conditi...
15th October 2008
In these uncertain days of the credit crunch and economic slowdown, we’d all like to do our bit to save money. Not only that but we have the environment to think about too. The ‘green’ movement is many years old now but thanks to the squeeze on our ...
15th October 2008
If like me you’ve noticed the staggering amount of packaging every single item from the supermarket comes in these days, you may have become interested in recycling. As the plastic packaging piles up it seems a terrible shame to throw it all out in the ...
14th October 2008
The housing market slowdown has hit a lot of people hard, especially builders, buy-to-let investors and those who mortgaged beyond their financial means. The first-time buyer however could find themselves in a perfect position to profit from the slowdown,...
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