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Commercially focused hr adJim Harrington is the founder and director of HR Management Dimensions Ltd. and the HR Management Dimensions brand. He injects a commercially focused and customer oriented outlook to employee and organisational issues whether at a strategic or operational level. His breadth of experience, insight and perceptive approach is quickly noticeable when he is advising and..
HR Management Dimensions Blog
1w ago
April 2024 has seen many changes to employment law – will your managers feel at sea with the extent of such changes? Perhaps, they hope these matters will just pass by them but we both know that is a risky view of managing which is likely to lead to future issues. What can they do ..read more
HR Management Dimensions Blog
1M ago
Beware of a significant change to the rates payable from 1st April 2024 which will increase costs but could help to ease some retention and recruitment issues. Up to now the highest pay rate was for those aged 23 and over. From 1st April the highest minimum wage rate will apply to those aged 21 ..read more
HR Management Dimensions Blog
1y ago
New rates take effect from 1st April 2023. To help busy managers, those and the existing rates can be seen at this link to our Key HR Facts site. Key HR Facts contains many useful facts on a range of people management topics in an easy to read and find style. Useful tips for managers ..read more
HR Management Dimensions Blog
1y ago
The legal requirements for calculating holiday pay will lead to increased costs for some but not all employers. The Supreme Court has ruled [1] that the relevant law is strict as to the holiday entitlement and method of calculating holiday pay. The decision will only affect individuals who work part time, irregular hours and only ..read more
HR Management Dimensions Blog
1y ago
Managers may believe that it is wise to automaticially resist a Tribunal claim. Their aim is to wear the employee down and hope that he/she will give up or settle for a small sum. Appropriate maybe, if there was nothing remiss about the actions of managers and the facts support the management case. However, an ..read more
HR Management Dimensions Blog
1y ago
Updated 8 Feb 2022 New temporay regulations have been passed so that a self-certificate may now cover up to 28 calendar days incapacity from work. Up to now, a self-certificate covered only 7 calendar days which has been the case for many years. This change is effective from 17th December 2021 in England, Wales and ..read more
HR Management Dimensions Blog
1y ago
From November, 2021, increases in The Living Wage have been announced. These are significant rises. There is no compulsion to use the Living Wage rates as it is a voluntary decision by an employer. Employers who implement the The Living Wage should start to pay the new rates between now and 1st April 2022. Further ..read more
HR Management Dimensions Blog
1y ago
Key HR Facts is a quick and free reference source of the statutory employment law entitlements. Designed to help managers and employees to find key information in one source without having to trawl through many sites on the internet. You may view the site via this link – Key HR Facts. New Home and Link ..read more
HR Management Dimensions Blog
1y ago
With many employers struggling to cope with reduced revenue and often static costs, news of increases in wage costs will raise tensions. Two upward pressures are changes from April 2021 to the age ranges for the national minimum pay rates and the increase from November 2020 of the voluntary Living Wage. The National Minimum Wage ..read more
HR Management Dimensions Blog
1y ago
[Editor’s Note: some text changes and link updates were made on 26/11/2020 and 22/07/22] Hard decisions have to be made currently by senior managers to keep their organisation going. Making staff redundant may seem the obvious way to save money which for some may be the only viable course due to cash flow issues. However ..read more