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Guide
What is Employee Monitoring?
In this guide, we'll discuss employee monitoring laws, the pros and cons of tracking employees, and how to manage monitoring effectively.
Peninsula GroupHR and Health & Safety Experts- Performance & Appraisals
Guide
What is a Demotion?
As an employer, you may need to move staff around your company for several reasons.
Peninsula GroupHR and Health & Safety Experts- Performance & Appraisals
Guide
How to Manage Cliques at Work
When people work together for extended periods, they can become close friends. We spend a lot of our lives working so it makes sense that some of the deepest friendships form in the workplace.
Peninsula GroupHR and Health & Safety Experts- Employee Relations
Guide
How to Rehire Former Employees
Employers have mixed opinions when it comes to rehiring former employees. Maybe you love that a well-liked employee wishes to return. Or maybe you'd rather not have to work with a certain individual again.
Peninsula GroupHR and Health & Safety Experts- Recruitment
Guide
What is Internal Hiring?
Internal recruitment may be the best option for your company. Not only does it save time and money, it can also increase employee engagement and job satisfaction
Peninsula GroupHR and Health & Safety Experts- Recruitment
Guide
How to Handle Employees Skiving Off Work
In this guide, we'll look at what skiving is, how it impacts business, and how to deal with it in your workplace.
Peninsula GroupHR and Health & Safety Experts- Leave & Absence
Blog
Government publishes details of carer’s leave review
In its Next Steps to Make Work Pay plan, the Government promised to review the implementation of carer’s leave, which was introduced into law in April 2024, and the benefits and impact of making it a paid right
Peninsula Team Peninsula Team- Leave & Absence
Blog
A word from our founder: Navigating November
Peter Done gives you an overview of how best to protect your business in November.
Peter DoneGroup Managing Director and Founder- Employee Relations
Blog
Bereavement leave and enhanced pregnancy protections consultations launched
The Government has begun four new consultation exercises on key legal updates contained in the Employment Rights Bill. Despite the Bill still not having received Royal Assent, the Government appear to be keen to push on with defining the shape of the new employment rights provided for in it.
Peninsula Team Peninsula Team- Leave & Absence
Blog
Mumsnet calls for employers to publish parental leave policies
Mumsnet is calling on MPs to back an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill requiring large employers with more than 250 employees to publish their parental leave policies and pay. The parenting site, which has been campaigning for change in this area since 2019, has written to all the FTSE 250 urging them to publish their parental leave policies. According to figures for 2024, 43 of the FTSE 100 companies already provide this transparency.
Peninsula Team- Leave & Absence
Blog
Sickness absence increases to almost two weeks per employee
Sickness absence affects every business of every size, and when an employee calls in sick, it can have a massive impact on operations. But, on a wider scale, how big is the problem of sickness absence for UK businesses. Well, the CIPD has published its Health and Wellbeing at Work 2025 report, supported by simply health.
Peninsula Team- Leave & Absence
Blog
Latest CIPD report finds sharp increase in sickness absence
The CIPD has published its Health and Wellbeing at Work 2025 report, supported by Simplyhealth. The report found that employees in the UK took an overall average of 9.4 days’ sickness absence per year. This is a significant increase from an overall average of 7.8 days in 2023 when the survey was last carried out and 5.8 days in 2022.
Peninsula Team Peninsula Team- Leave & Absence
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