HR Dept Truro and St Austell

12/05/2025

With Mental Health Awareness Week, now is the perfect time to think about how managing employee stress can boost your business ...

31/03/2025

From health cash plans to financial education, explore the alternatives to pay rises here ...

24/03/2025

As part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week, we've explored how an inclusive approach can benefit your business ...

19/03/2025

Happy International Clients Day.
The HR Dept thanks all of our amazing clients for trusting and supporting us.
We wouldn’t be where we are today without your support.

17/03/2025

Happy St Patrick's Day from The HR Dept!☘️

17/03/2025

This week, we celebrate the incredible strengths, talents, and perspectives that neurodiverse individuals bring to the workplace. Inclusivity and understanding are key to creating environments where everyone can thrive.

As an employer, you should champion a workplace culture that values diverse ways of thinking and empowers all employees to reach their full potential.

10/03/2025

Every April brings a raft of employment law changes, and this year's no different.
We've taken a look at five key changes that every business owner should watch out for ...

03/03/2025

Struggling with DSARs?

Our essential Data Subject Access Requests Do’s and Don’ts guide will help you navigate the subject with ease ...

28/02/2025

With employer national insurance rates soon to increase, margins growing tighter and overall business costs rising, there’s likely a lot on your mind. In times like these, you’ll need everything in your company optimised – and this includes your staff.

They say one bad apple spoils the whole barrel, and the same can be true of an employee. Someone who is a bad fit could be a detriment to your team, performance, and entire business. If an employee continually fails to meet expectations, even after disciplinary action, then a dismissal may be necessary to keep your business safe.

With the looming proposed day one unfair dismissal right, it’s more important than ever to get dismissals correct. An unfair dismissal claim could not only tarnish your reputation but also be extremely expensive – costing thousands of pounds at the very least.

But fear not, there are five perfectly fair ways to make a dismissal. Learn what they are in our latest blog:

With employer national insurance rates soon to increase, margins growing tighter and overall business costs rising, there’s likely a lot on your mind. In times like these, you’ll need everything in your company optimised – and this includes your staff. They say one bad apple spoils the whole b...

24/02/2025

Misconduct and employee capability are just two examples of fair reasons for dismissal.
But what other reasons are considered 'fair'? ...

03/02/2025

From spooked investment markets to the hard hitting employer national insurance rises, you may well be feeling the uncertainty that pervades the economy at present. Even the weather is being especially disruptive.

Like many, you may be worrying about the impact on your business: costs rising, tighter margins, less demand. The year ahead is set to be the most expensive year on record for employers of minimum wage workers, whilst retailers are set to face an increase in costs of £7 billion.

We understand there’s a lot on your plate, but spare a thought for your team too. They watch the news, they may be on the frontline and will have their worries as well about the rising costs and how they could impact them and their jobs.

In order to effectively weather all this uncertainty, you need your employees in the best shape and to be fully productive. As a manager and leader, here are five ways you can improve their resilience to get you all through to better times ahead ...

27/01/2025

Here are a few ways using a HRIS system can support you to run your business ...