Vista’s Head of Learning, Vicky Roberts joined the HR Uprising team to discuss how to run an investigation. Before diving straight into talking to people (tempting, we know!), we always…
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Employment Law Update – October 2021
Welcome to this months employment law update. In October we’re covering: Sexual harassment in the workplace is in the spotlight – and we look at new findings from The…
Hybrid, Remote and Flexible Working: What’s the Difference?
Our new world of work includes hybrid working, remote working, and flexible working. Each term can be easily confused but each have some clear differences from an employment perspective. Here’s…
Diversity Training: Responding to the Voices that say it Doesn’t Work
There has been plenty of articles of over the years pointing out why diversity training does not work. Whilst it’s not inevitable that it works, in our view, it’s equally…
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Employment Law Update – September 2021
Welcome to this month’s employment law update. In September we’re covering: A direct discrimination case where Muslim employees were banned from wearing headscarves in the workplace Secretary of State for…
Discrimination and the Shifting Burden of Proof: Why Employers Need to ‘Show Their Workings’
Section 13(1) of the Equality Act 2010 defines discrimination as occurring where “because of a protected characteristic, A treats B less favourably than A treats or would treat others”. In…
The Hallmarks of a Fair Performance Management Process
The hallmarks of a fair performance management process are: Setting the standards of reasonable and acceptable performance for each job; Ensuring that these standards of performance are clearly communicated to…
The Question Sandwich: A Practical Technique to use in a HR Investigation
When chairing a HR investigation, there are three main issues we come across: Managers aren’t completely clear about what they are looking into They don’t plan their questions effectively They…
Podcast: How to Handle Flexible Working Requests In A Hybrid World
Vicky Roberts, Director and Head of Learning here at Vista recently had the pleasure of joining Lucinda Carney and the HR Uprising team to record a podcast all about the…
How to ‘Hybrid’: Tips to implement a hybrid working environment that works for everyone
Hybrid working was a phrase that few of us were familiar with prior to 2020. Covid19 has seen huge changes in both how and where we work, and organisations are…