Workplace investigations: A HR guide

Workplace investigations: A HR guide

Workplace complaints can have serious implications if not dealt with effectively, which is why it is important to be diligent when conducting an investigation. We outline the 6 key steps for conducting an investigation to help ensure you manage the risks and limit...
Equality Act: clarification and employer top tips

Equality Act: clarification and employer top tips

Tribunal rules a gender fluid employee has protection under the Equality Act A gender-fluid employee at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) engineer who faced insults and jokes from their colleagues won a claim for harassment, discrimination and constructive unfair dismissal.  ...
Workplace Wellbeing: It’s not all about free fruit on Fridays

Workplace Wellbeing: It’s not all about free fruit on Fridays

Free fruit on Friday, shower breaks, gym memberships, an office pet. These are all great ways to improve workplace wellbeing. However, it takes more than this to keep your employees happy and healthy at work. First you need to lay the foundations: Training, effective...
Menopause at work: tackling the taboo

Menopause at work: tackling the taboo

The menopause is experienced by half of the population at some point in their life; that’s a lot of people. So, it’s surprising to us that it still remains a taboo in the workplace. According to the CIPD, nearly a third of women who have experienced menopause symptoms...
The Holgate HR team offer their personal reflections on 2020

The Holgate HR team offer their personal reflections on 2020

Things are beginning to unwind and as we approach Christmas, so at Holgate HR we’ve been taking a little bit of time to reflect on the madness of 2020. It has been a difficult year in so many ways, but it has also been an opportunity to make positive changes in our...