The Brightmine Podcast (UK)

Oct 24 2024 230 ep. 18 mins 22
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XpertHR is now Brightmine. This podcast brings you must-have employment law guidance, HR best practice and insights, from the team behind the UK's leading online HR resource.

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Sexual harassment in the workplace – legal changes, generational shifts

Oct 24 2024 30 mins  
With changes to the law regarding sexual harassment in the workplace coming into effect this autumn · and further changes promised in the Government·s Employment Rights Bill · we are joined by Lisa Bell from Tell Jane to discuss the new legal duty on employers, the impact of technology and generational shifts in attitude. Related resources Building a working environment free fr

The four-day week – current legislation, future possibilities

Oct 14 2024 28 mins  
The phrase ·four-day week· has been trending in the media of late · and being used to refer to quite different things, to the confusion of many! In this edition of the podcast we aim to clear up some common misunderstandings. Related resources Right to request flexible working Flexible working requests policy Compressed hours policy Managing hybrid/flexible workers - line

Boosting employee engagement – helping HR get a better ROI on benefits

Sep 23 2024 24 mins  
Justine Woolf, director of consulting at Innecto Reward Consulting, offers tips for HR to boost employee engagement and ensure that organisations get a better ROI on their benefits. Related resources Webinar: Why now is the time to align your rewards with your EVP Podcast: Evolving your EVP to meet the needs of a multigenerational workforce How to develop a reward strategy Rebu

Evolving your EVP to meet the needs of a multigenerational workforce

Aug 28 2024 34 mins  
Andrew Walker, new business development director with Personal Group, joins us to discuss the significant changes and trends shaping the future of work, and to explore strategies to evolve your employee value proposition (EVP) to meet the diverse needs of a multigenerational workforce. Related resources Webinar: Why now is the time to align your rewards with your EVP How to devel

HR’s role in rethinking office design for the contemporary workforce

Jul 31 2024 20 mins  
From wellness and neurodiversity to ·hotelification·, Rachel Basha, founder and CEO of the architecture and design practice Basha-Franklin, discusses the ways in which the shifting needs and character of the 21st-century workforce are reshaping office design. Related resources Deskless and disengaged - how can you stop me from leaving? Introduction to neurodiversity - line ma

Employment tribunal cases - dismissals following employee mistakes

Jul 16 2024 18 mins  
Bags for life, tea containing a surprising substance and more: Susie Munro, senior legal editor at Brightmine, discusses four recent employment tribunal cases where employees were dismissed for misconduct after making what they said were mistakes. Related resources Misconduct dismissals following employee mistakes: Employment tribunal round-up How does a tribunal gauge whether an

Mergers and acquisitions - HR's seat at the table

Jul 03 2024 30 mins  
Steve Allan joins us to talk about HR's role in mergers and acquisitions and offers five top tips for getting M&As right. We talk about: company culture; the impact of AI; understanding TUPE; and how to get integration right. Related resources Hiring across borders: Five compliance challenges and how to solve them Podcast: Global hiring - AI, EORs and worker misclassification

Global hiring: AI, EORs and worker misclassification risks

Jun 12 2024 26 mins  
Miranda Zolot, general counsel at Oyster, talks about the benefits and challenges of distributed working and global hiring. Join her as she discusses subjects including: • EORs and PEOs; • compliance issues; • employee/contractor misclassification risks; and • AI. Related resources What is an employer of record? Hiring across borders: Five compliance challenges and how to

Rethinking recruitment and reskilling

May 22 2024 34 mins  
According to research, almost half of the skills used by the workforce today will no longer be relevant in a couple of years. Given this context of a fast-evolving workplace with shifting needs, it's perhaps unsurprising that organisations are struggling to hire people with the right skills. What is to be done? Career mentor Laurie Macpherson joins us to discuss ways for HR and emp

Redundancy protection – what’s changed?

May 07 2024 24 mins  
A raft of employment law changes have come into effect over the past few months. In this edition of the podcast, Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson discuss some developments that have perhaps received less attention than others: the changes to special redundancy protection for family-related leave that came into force on 6 April 2024. Read the transcript here Want to learn more? April