Dear Auntie,   I’m concerned about a recent decision taken by our company’s board of directors and would be grateful for your views.  It all started with the media attention around under-representation of women and minorities in...

Dear Aunty,   Our CEO wants to dismiss one of our managers as he has had enough of his incompetence.  He does not want to go through any process - he says that it will take too long and there is no point as we will end up paying him something...

Dear Auntie,  I have become aware that one of our board members has been seriously undermining a senior manager, Tom, for some time by belittling him in front of colleagues at management meetings, telling more junior staff that Tom has no long-term...

Dear Auntie My company current requires employees to obtain a sick note from a doctor when they are unwell for over seven days in order to get sick pay.  I understand that doctor’s sick notes are going to be replaced by a “fit...

Dear Auntie, We have just returned from a Case Management Discussion and the Employment Tribunal has ordered that disclosure be carried out over the next month.  We have a number of internal documents about the litigation which we would rather not...

Dear Auntie At my organisation there is a member of staff (Tim) who has been off work with a bad back for 3 months. My MD wants to dismiss him but, as HR manager, I am worried about doing this. Please could you give me some guidance as to the issues...

Dear Auntie My company has landed a large contract and I am now looking to recruit 50 new employees over the next few months.  I have never managed a large scale recruitment process before so I would like some best practice tips. Any help...

Dear Auntie, Well, it’s that time of year again and we’re busily preparing for the festive season in the office.  In a break from tradition, the directors have decided to invite some of the company’s top clients to our office...

I’m an HR Manager at a Private Health Insurance company. We have recently had a request from an employee to re-arrange their annual leave after they informed us that they were at home sick during their planned holiday. Are we required to grant this...

Dear Auntie, I am the Director of HR at a medium-sized recruitment consultancy. I have recently read a few articles about new ‘fit-notes’ that the government will be introducing but I don’t quite understand what this will involve....