Winner - HRi (HR Independents) Emerging Talent Award
Oh my goodness, I did it! I'm delighted to have won the HRi Emerging Talent Award 2024. To be honest, I've had my eye on this award since...
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- Aug 21
- 1 min
Emerging Talent Award finalist 2024!
Woohoo!!! I'm delighted to be a finalist in the #HRiAwards2024 . Since setting up as a consultant in 2022 I'm lucky to have had a...
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- Jun 4
- 1 min
Think positively about neurodivergence
Neurodivergence is an umbrella term. It includes a wide range of conditions including autism, dyspraxia, ADHD, and dyslexia. Whilst some...
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- Mar 18
- 1 min
Employment law changes April 6th 2024
There are employment law changes happening on April 6th, requiring updates to standard HR policies including those for paternity leave...
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- Aug 31, 2023
- 1 min
If you have a ‘difficult’ employee, is exiting them the only solution?
Oooh, controversial question perhaps, but the answer is usually no. I say that on both legal and commercial grounds. There are many...
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- Jul 28, 2023
- 2 min
What is a reasonable adjustment for disability?
The Equality Act 2010 places a positive duty on employers to make reasonable adjustments to support and assist workers with disabilities....
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- Jun 23, 2023
- 1 min
Are your staff feeling empowered at work?
What on earth is employee empowerment all about? Well, I'm glad you asked, because I've done a new video on it. Enjoy! Do post below if...
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- May 1, 2023
- 1 min
'Think like a candidate...'
Recruiting the right person with the right skills is often a critical challenge for smaller businesses. You want your recruitment adverts...
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- May 1, 2023
- 1 min
What does a good redundancy process look like?
Redundancies are never pleasant situations to deal with, but they’re sometimes necessary within any business. If you have a challenging...
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- Mar 9, 2023
- 1 min
National Minimum Wage reminder (March 2023)
National Minimum Wage rise next month - why should you pay extra attention to the rates this year? I've done a quick video about this and...
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- Feb 11, 2023
- 2 min
Absence management: an essential business process, or just a bit of HR nonsense?
It's a fair question to be honest. When you're a manager or business owner trying to complete projects, deal with customer queries, solve...
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- Feb 8, 2023
- 1 min
How to avoid 'hybrid productivity paranoia'
According to research from Microsoft in 2022, companies worldwide are suffering from ‘productivity paranoia’ regarding their hybrid...
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- Jan 20, 2023
- 1 min
Can you be 'too nice' when managing performance?
Of course managers and HR professionals want to be nice! But can 'niceness' ever get in the way of fairness at work? That's a good...
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- Jan 11, 2023
- 3 min
All about me!
Happy new year! January is often a time both for reflection and new beginnings. I’ve decided that my first blog post of 2023 should be an...
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- Nov 24, 2022
- 4 min
What if an employee's misconduct at work might be linked to their disability?
Today I'm taking a deeper dive than usual into what's quite a challenging area of employment law for both line managers and HR...
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- Nov 15, 2022
- 1 min
Scariest aspects of people management part 1: Handling team conflict...
A few weeks ago (just before Halloween) I did a poll on LinkedIn to see what people thought were the scariest aspects of people...
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- Nov 3, 2022
- 1 min
Dull, but very necessary! Some words on employment contracts
New video! This time I'm talking about employment contracts and why we should pay attention to them. Yeah, I know that they can be some...
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- Oct 20, 2022
- 2 min
When someone's resignation comes as a relief...
So, at last, that much longed-for resignation is in. But what do you do next as an employer? Most managers will have experienced quiet...
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- Oct 13, 2022
- 1 min
The frights and fears of hybrid / remote working
We're getting closer to halloween! So, hybrid / remote working arrangements for staff... why can they give employers the...
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- Oct 10, 2022
- 1 min
The 12.07% holiday calculation is no more!
There've been some big changes in our legal understanding of holiday pay for UK variable hour workers lately. These changes mean that...
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Susi O'Brien MSc LLM | Chartered FCIPD | Independent HR Consultant | hello@obrienhr.co.uk
Susi O'Brien HR is a trading name of O'Brien HR Ltd (SC802227), registered office at Third Floor, 3 Hill Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3JP
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