With the announcement in parliament that Sir Philip Green is the latest businessman who has hidden behind NDA’s to protect himself and his reputation in respect of discrimination and/or harassment, let’s take a couple of minutes to talk about NDA’s. Nearly 30 years ago, I signed an NDA after suing a company that, in my […]
“I’ve got biases. Serious bias. If ever I tell anyone about them they say I’m prejudiced. I thought I was just a normal feeling, sensing human being so how come I now feel as though I no longer fit into our society, into the workplace? Am I really the dinosaur, the pariah the media suggest […]
Who really wants to be self-employed once they find the grass is not as green as it looked? As those who work with Jaluch will already know, this year I am judging the Venus Awards Employer of the Year (London Region). That role has led to me having conversations with many business owners in recent […]
Is your business at risk from employees who are so focused on their legal rights including their right to sue their employer, that they are blinded to the part they themselves played in their own downfall? A couple of weeks ago I read of an employee bringing a constructive dismissal case against his employer and […]
With Maslow in mind, one of the key ingredients in attaining a sense of satisfaction in life is working in a profession that you are proud of. I consider myself as working in two professions: HR and Business Ownership. There are times when I am hugely proud of both, but other times I am hugely […]
Is Technology Wiping Out Jobs For Older Workers? As customers, we have all over the past few years seen the removal of checkout operators in our supermarkets and traditional bank tellers from our banks as self service and automation take over the majority of these roles. And apart from the irritating glitch when it asks […]
I recently sat for 9 long hours on a plane. I read a really good book from start to finish, but 9 hours is a long time to be sat on your backside, especially following 3 hours bottom numbing in the departure lounge, and 90 minutes of inactivity on public transport getting to the airport […]
In this #metoo world a veritable can of worms has been let loose to squirm their way into all corners of our organisations. What’s going on? Who in your world is a seething mass of resentment waiting for their turn to speak up or an exploding volcano of anger shouting out already about perceived slights […]
Welcome to my blog. In this blog I wanted to talk about zero hours and flexibility. It infuriates me when employment practices are dictated by over emotional and ill thought through media/public hysteria. In recent years, I have been horrified by the demonisation of zero hours contracts. We live in a world where 75% of […]
#MeToo has been trending since the Harvey Weinstein media fury kicked off. Men and women are coming forwards saying that they too have had to deal with harassment. I empathise. It is endemic. Both the serious stuff and the lesser kind of harassment. The loud assertive voices saying ‘get over it’ or ‘you’re being over […]
