Cancer care at work – employers need to do more

The clear message is that employers could do more as over half of employees with cancer felt they may have been able to return to work sooner had they received better employer support. In a survey of 300 UK workers diagnosed with cancer in the last five years, Unum,...

Monitoring and encouraging employees to take annual leave

For employers with an annual leave year which runs from January to December, now may be the perfect time to review the outstanding leave to be booked by your employees.  advo hr takes a closer look at the importance of ensuring that employees are regularly taking a...

Case Law Update: Pregnant Employee Unfairly Dismissed

There has been a recent case relating to a pregnant worker who was unfairly dismissed as a result of raising concerns over her working hours. The worker was a care assistant who was required to work on-call shifts and take on shifts at very short notice to ensure...

Plastic Free July – Are you doing all you can?

With a recent media focus, from news articles covering recent climate change protests in London to dedicated documentaries such as ‘Climate Change: the Facts’ on the BBC presented by David Attenborough, our impact on the environment seems to be more important than...