Remote working offers many benefits to businesses and employees alike, but it also introduces several new workforce challenges, one of those being proximity bias. Proximity bias refers to those not…
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Remote Working: I Don’t Feel I can Speak Up in Video Calls
Remote working during the Coronavirus pandemic has delivered fresh challenges for management and for employees. In this series of blogs, (more here), we look at some of the key concerns…
Remote Working: Arranging a Meeting Feels too Formal Sometimes
Remote working during the Coronavirus pandemic has delivered fresh challenges for management and for employees. In this series of blogs, (more here), we look at some of the key concerns…
Employment Law Update – November 2021
Welcome to this month’s employment law update. In November we’re covering: The controversial Kostal UK v Dunkley case – the Supreme Court has had the final say. We look at what…
Podcast: How to Run an Investigation
Vista’s Head of Learning, Vicky Roberts joined the HR Uprising team to discuss how to run an investigation. Before diving straight into talking to people (tempting, we know!), we always…
Employment Law Update – October 2021
Welcome to this months employment law update. In October we’re covering: Sexual harassment in the workplace is in the spotlight – and we look at new findings from The…
Hybrid, Remote and Flexible Working: What’s the Difference?
Our new world of work includes hybrid working, remote working, and flexible working. Each term can be easily confused but each have some clear differences from an employment perspective. Here’s…
The Hallmarks of a Fair Performance Management Process
The hallmarks of a fair performance management process are: Setting the standards of reasonable and acceptable performance for each job; Ensuring that these standards of performance are clearly communicated to…
The Question Sandwich: A Practical Technique to use in a HR Investigation
When chairing a HR investigation, there are three main issues we come across: Managers aren’t completely clear about what they are looking into They don’t plan their questions effectively They…
Podcast: How to Handle Flexible Working Requests In A Hybrid World
Vicky Roberts, Director and Head of Learning here at Vista recently had the pleasure of joining Lucinda Carney and the HR Uprising team to record a podcast all about the…