by Dave Corkery | Jun 25, 2026 | Employee Grievances, Employment Law Compliance, HR Consultancy, Performance Management, Workplace Conflict, Workplace Investigations
– by Mary Cullen, Founder and Managing Director of Insight HR What Complex Workplace Investigations Really Cost Organisations One of the most common conversations I have with organisations takes place after a workplace investigation has already begun. The...
by Dave Corkery | Jun 16, 2026 | Conflict in the Workplace, Discipline and Grievances, Employee Discipline, Employee Grievances, Employee Theft, Employment Law Compliance, Grievance and Disciplinary, Performance Management, Workplace Disputes, Workplace Theft
Why We Created This Guide At Insight HR, these are some of the most common questions we receive through our Employee Relations support line. Some come from managers dealing with their first disciplinary issue. Others come from experienced HR professionals managing...
by Eoin Lyons | Jul 10, 2024 | Employment Law Compliance, Performance Management
A probation period, at a simple level is a period of time at the start of a permanent full-time or part-time employment relationship that gives the employer the opportunity to assess whether their new employee is capable, reliable and suitable for the job. Simple in...
by Eoin Lyons | Jul 13, 2023 | Performance Management
In our recent poll on LinkedIn, we found that only 28% of you have ditched the annual review process. Business researcher Josh Bersin estimates that about 70% of multinational companies are moving toward a new performance management model, even if they haven’t arrived...
by Eoin Lyons | Mar 9, 2022 | Contracts and Handbooks, Employee Grievances, Hiring, Performance Management, Workplace Conflict
The past two years have marked another huge period of change for companies everywhere. A global pandemic, a continuing skills shortage, the sustained adoption of technology and a reset of the employee-company power relationship, amongst other things, are all...
by Insight Editor | Oct 29, 2019 | HR Outsourcing and Interim HR Placements, Performance Management
Performance management is essentially the process of creating a work environment or structure in which your people are enabled to perform to the best of their abilities. It is about establishing a culture where employees and teams share responsibility for the...