by Sarah Maher | Jan 4, 2021 | Discipline and Grievances
A female employee announces that she is pregnant. You may very well be happy for her – and congratulate her on the happy news. But the news can present you with significant challenges. Will she be healthy until close to delivery? Who will handle her responsibilities...
by Insight Editor | Mar 2, 2020 | Discipline and Grievances, Workplace Conflict
Last month saw the reckoning of Harvey Weinstein, as he faced judge and juror over the allegations of sexually motivated crimes that sparked the #metoo movement. At the time of writing, his fate remains undecided. It is safe to say however, that Harvey Weinstein has...
by Insight Editor | Feb 3, 2020 | Discipline and Grievances, HR Support Services, Workplace Conflict
In October 2017, social media users around the world were becoming intrigued by a hashtag which seemed to have broken free from the Twitter sphere to proliferate the far-flung corners of the internet. It seemed that all over the world, people were updating their...
by Insight Editor | Oct 29, 2019 | Discipline and Grievances, Workplace Conflict
Every organisation experiences occasional breakdowns in communication and relationships. We often find that managers are too busy, not adequately trained or are too involved to handle this kind of situation effectively without some expert assistance. With an increase...
by Insight Editor | Sep 4, 2019 | Discipline and Grievances, Workplace Conflict
Bullying Lowered productivity. Industrial relations problems. Litigation. These are among the potential impacts for a company if it fails to deal adequately with an allegation of bullying. So this is no trivial matter and companies need to be adequately prepared in...
by Insight Editor | Jul 29, 2019 | Discipline and Grievances, Workplace Conflict
The conventional way of formally dealing with a consistently under-performing employee is to begin a disciplinary process. And the groundwork for being able to do this requires an employer to have in place a rigorous disciplinary process of which all employees have...
