Stress Free HR Ltd

01/01/2023

Happy new year to all my clients and followers!

Wishing you all a successful 2023 full of business growth and happy employees!

25/12/2022

Wishing all my clients a wonderful Christmas. Thank you for your support this year and here’s hoping that 2023 is full of growth, success and happy employees!

Bela 🥰🎄🧑‍🎄

07/10/2022

I’m part of many fb groups. I saw this ad today and asked the original poster why he preferred a male.

His response was that all applicants were welcome, male and female but because of the situation with lifts and luggage, most women weren’t interested hence his “preference”.

He was a bit offended that I had challenged him as he stated he would categorically not discount a woman for the role.

If a woman applied and was rejected and had a screenshot of this advert, she could claim that this person had an unconscious bias that he would prefer a male over a female. His attempts to state the opposite would likely fail just from mentioning it in the post.

The original poster could have taken gender completely out of the ad by simply including that heavy lifting due to lugage and limited lifts would be required. That would then let men and women know that there was a strength requirement to the role without singling out a specific s*x.

Listen up business owners! There are people who make a living looking out for mistakes like these because they know you’d rather pay £1000 to settle than £20k defending a claim!

If you’re asking for something in an ad, ask yourself why you need it. If you can’t fully explain it, don’t include it especially if it’s a protected characteristic! (Age, s*x, gender, disibility etc).

Remember, to make a claim for discrimination, the individual doesn’t even have to be employed!

08/09/2022

It is with great sadness that we learn that Our Queen has died and gone to join her husband and beloved pets.

We at Stress Free HR Ltd send our deepest condolences to all affected by this sad news.

22/07/2022

It's been so busy this year, this month has been no different! So much so that I missed posting yesterday that Stress Free HR Ltd turned 5!!!

That's 5 years of helping business owners with all things HR!

Thank you to all our clients for trusting us with their HR needs! We look forward to continuing to support you and your businesses for many more years to come!

We didn't have any cake to celebrate yesterday so will pop out and have a big slice tonight!

17/03/2022

Have you seen the statutory increases coming in on the 6th April? If not, you can find them in the picture below.

15/03/2022

Are you ready for the right to work changes coming in on 6th April 2022?

Remember that a failure to demonstrate when requested that your employees have the right to work in the UK could land you a £20,000 fine per employee! Ouch!

If you're not up to date, you can find more information on the link or send us an email at [email protected].

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide?fbclid=IwAR1wdVX-7lBSH8Pj7_55HR2FVtKEpmFAaN541J9h2jPgj52NcMKY-ehMfAc

How to carry out right to work checks, why you need to do them, and which documents you can use.

17/01/2022

Apparently today is “Blue Monday”…

Did you know it was coined by a psychologist in 2004 by a travel business to boost their winter packages after the Xmas period?

Today is no different to any other Monday.

“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” was also coined by professor Kellog in the 1920’s and it’s something I hear A LOT when I tell people I live an intermittent fasting lifestyle and don’t eat breakfast.

Both of these are marketing tactics.

Perhaps I should start a HR one!

“Your business will fail without HR input”

Ok not strictly true (like the others) but I can assure you you’d be more complaint, have happier employees and peace of mind!

What other sayings (marketing) have you come across which have become “a thing” which factually isn’t true?

07/10/2021

I’m seriously feeling the love my business is getting this year.

In July I won an award for best nationwide small HR consultancy 2021 and today I’ve been recognised as one of the top 10 HR consultancies in Northamptonshire!

Happy days ❤️👏🎉

The pandemic has brought about a whole host of new ideas and challenges for HR companies to tackle as they navigate ever changing legislation and new rules

30/09/2021

The furlough scheme comes to an end today! Eek, an estimated 1 million people are still on furlough!

If you're still using it and not sure what you can do, please reach out to discuss your options.

Don't stress about it, we can work together to find the best solution for your business and your employees!

24/07/2021

Another example where it is costly to not follow the proper process.

Redundancy has many stages to it, consultation has to be meaningful and you have to consider what your employees have to say.

This company owner clearly didn’t have a trusted HR person to give him advice…

It’s ok to make redundancies if your business needs it but you have to do it properly!

If your business is struggling and you need help, reach out to me and you’ll get straight forward clear advice on how to handle it and not end up £42k (plus all the legal expense) out of pocket!!





https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/employee-wins-42000-after-boss-24601770?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mirror_main&fbclid=IwAR3BhhfT0gUGVYc414-m5ZdQbDF-nYaxUI-H8w5K2AIaCeU0nyHGx6OOUPk

George Dolby was sacked after meeting his boss for what was described as a “catch up” at a Holiday Inn hotel, an employment tribunal heard