Category: Employment

Advice, Employee, Employment, Employment law, Manager

Work disputes - less risk of a Tribunal claim?

Feeling hard done by at work? Sacked unfairly or victimised because you’re somehow different to the others? You’re probably aware of Employment Tribunals but you might have seen publicity about fees and the falling numbers of Tribunal claims. People…

Brighton and Hove, Business, Digital, Employment, Start-up, Sussex

Jobs and pay: how does Brighton compare?

Are more people freelancers or setting up their own businesses in Brighton and Hove than in other areas? What about pay levels: are they higher or lower here than in neighbouring towns? Interesting and revealing details about the kinds of jobs,…

Brighton and Hove, Business, Digital, Employment, Start-up, Sussex

High numbers of new start-ups

Hot on the heels of news about a high level of start-ups around Sussex, there’s a breakdown showing how many people are forming new companies out of each area’s population. The Guardian’s calculated that 16 out of every 1,000 people launched…

Advice, Appraisal, Brighton and Hove, Business, Change, Development, Digital, Disciplinary, Employment, Employment law, Grievance, Manager, Quick HR, Recruitment, Redundancy, Restructuring, Start-up, Sussex, Training

"Greatest hits" training for busy managers

We’re running a practical "greatest hits" training course for busy managers, to improve your skills and confidence in a wide range of areas. Avoid walking into legal disputes when you are recruiting, developing people or dealing with problems…

Advice, Employee, Employment, Employment law, Parents

Juggling work and children: a mum's story

For the umpteenth time I find myself rushing out the door, half way up the road, late, son in tow and I have fluffy slippers on. Surely not as bad as turning up at work with a small child asleep in the back of the car…..I had forgotten…

Brighton and Hove, Community, Digital, Employee, Employment, Pay, Recruitment, Sussex, Training, Work

Pay well? Tell everyone

Do you pay employees at least £7.85 an hour? If you’re not sure, that’s a salary of £15,100 - £16,300 depending on the length of your working week (based on 37-40 hours a week). If you’ve answered yes, and most digital media companies…

Advice, Brighton and Hove, Business, Charity, Community, Employment, Employment law, Health, Manager, Quick HR, Sussex

Free networking event & health advice

We're helping Mind charity with a networking event in Brighton, with a focus on helping you understand how to work with people with mental health issues. You may already know someone who's had an issue with depression or something similar. The…

Advice, Business, Change, Development, Digital, Employee, Employment, Employment law, Manager, Quick HR, Recruitment, Restructuring, Testimonial, Training, Work

Testimonials: what people say about Quick HR

"Brian is by far the best HR leader I have worked with" Mark Chapman Client Strategy + Services Director at White Hat Media Brian ran an HR course for a handful of companies that I attended which provided a comprehensive overview of many…

Brighton and Hove, Business, Digital, Employment, Recruitment, Start-up, Sussex

Digital media: a success story

Brighton & Hove's CDIT digital media sector is a success story. It’s worth £713m (nearly as much as tourism), jobs are growing 10 times faster than the UK average, the average age of company founders is 41, a third of them come from arts…

Advice, Employee, Employment, Employment law, Grievance, Quick HR, Redundancy, Restructuring, Testimonial, Work

"Thanks for your expert advice and support"

Just received a lovely note from a grateful client who was facing losing his job without any kind of severance payment when we first spoke and who finished by being better off by £60,000 after working with Quick HR. The client says: "Thank…

Advice, Employee, Employment, Employment law, Grievance, Manager, Work

“She never listens to me…. I’m going to complain”

So grievances are a way that employees can make a formal complaint about a workplace issue, whether it involves another employee or a manager. Having looked at grievances from a manager’s point of view, let’s consider the issue from the…

Advice, Development, Employee, Employment, Manager, Training, Work

Developing people – why bother?

When you hire people, you want to find the best person for the job.

Advice, Employee, Employment, Manager, Recruitment, Training

“I want to offer you the job. Please be a perfect employee.”

Choosing a stranger to work with you can be a stressful and frustrating experience, especially if you are not completely sure what you are looking for.