Organisational skills – it’s something we were all told to prioritise by our parents and...

  Managing employee leave can appear to be a minefield at times. It is important to ensure, how...

Leave management – what works for you? As an employer, you should be concerned about the welfa...

  It’s 5pm and you want to go home. It has been a long day, you got to work at 8am, and...

A hybrid work policy. A hybrid workplace model. A hybrid work system. If I had asked you a number of...

What is a duvet day? Well, I am sure it doesn’t need much explaining! We all want one of these every so often. In fact, most of us wish for one of these every day! A duvet day is a day spent in bed, relaxing – just chilling out!...

COVID-19. The very name of this disease strikes fear into the hearts of many. Arguably, none more so than business owners and employers who have, for the past two years, struggled to navigate government loans, grants, redundancies, a changed workplace culture and adoption of blended working – caused by the instruction to “work from home” rather than attend the office as is traditional....

Compassionate leave is scary to manage and scary to address. This article aims to address some of th...

Most employees will have a fixed number of hours they are contracted to work – on their part-t...

For regular viewers of LeaveMonitor articles, you know that I and my colleagues often talk about the...

Presenteeism isn’t as nice as it sounds. Whilst absenteeism stands for absence from work, unfortunately presenteeism doesn’t mean your employees coming to work as per their contracts....

To an employer, the phrase “employee absenteeism” may strike fear into your bones. Employee absenteeism is something no company or boss wants to see or have to deal with....

TOIL, what is it? No, we do not mean hard work! Well, not exactly anyway. I am sure you work hard! A...

A zero-hour contract. The very mention of such a contract may strike fear into your heart! It seems...

The vast majority of visitors to LeaveMonitor will probably already have some idea of what “em...

Any regular viewers of LeaveMonitor may have recently read my article on employee benefits. In...

As an employee, there is nothing better than being praised for your work and being recognised for th...

The majority of workers in the United Kingdom are entitled to 5.6 Weeks of paid holiday per year (an...

Return to work plans As an employer, there are a number of reasons why an employee of yours may take...