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Smelly Employees

June 27 2019 metisuser

As the weather improves it’s that time of year when we start to get calls about how to deal with smelly employees. Statistically, 1 in every 200 employees are likely to smell. There are some obvious causes Not washing/showering often enough. Shockingly 20% of Britons wash just four times a week or less. Not changing clothes often enough. Going for a lunch time run and not showering afterwards. Eating too much spicy food Some of the less obvious causes of smelly employees Stress Gender (men sweat more than women) Hormonal changes Certain health conditions How to tell someone they smell Telling someone they smell is challenging for most people. We’ve put together an 11 step process to help you deal with smelly employees . What do you do if smelly employees don’t improve their hygiene? We would hope that talking to smelly employees to make them aware of the problem and what you expect them to do would sort the issue out. If it doesn’t, the last case scenario is potentially one of dismissing the employee. If you get to this point get in touch with us. It’s not what you do but how you do it that will be […]

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July 22 2014 metisuser

With the fallout of COVID 19 lockdown, we are now getting asked, ‘How to conduct a Redundancy Consultation meeting?’ You should meet with employees who are potentially at risk of redundancy for individual consultation meetings. These will usually take place after you have provided the affected employees with general information, such as the reason for the proposed redundancies, and information about the selection process. At the individual meetings, it is recommended you ask the employee for any suggestions that they may have to avoid redundancies. It is important that as the employer, you do not prejudge the outcome of any consultation meeting. You should give serious consideration to any suggestions that the employee makes. What if the Employee Objects? You will need to give the employee the opportunity to raise any objections to the basis for their provisional selection. For example, by discussing the application of the selection criteria. It should discuss whether or not there is any suitable alternative employment for the employee. You will be expected to explain what support is on offer if redundancy is confirmed, such as a reasonable amount of paid time off to look for new employment. It will be essential to also explain […]

Ending an Apprenticeship Early

November 19 2021 metisuser

Ending an apprenticeship early is sometimes unavoidable. There are many reasons why this might happen from business performance, down to poor individual performance. I’m sure you’ve asked yourself is ending an apprenticeship early a risky thing to do? The answer is, it can be. Hiring an apprentice is a big commitment in the number of hours, costs of mistakes, and pay. It’s a big step for employers to take. Apprenticeships have been around since 1563 and started as a 7 year training programme. Things have moved on significantly since then. Ending an apprenticeship early really depends on the type of apprentice you have hired. Apprenticeship agreement If you hire and apprentice on an apprenticeship agreement then you can treat them the same as any other contracted employee. The apprenticeship is a work experience with some classroom training. It’s generally funded by the government’s apprenticeship levy scheme. You can terminate this person without the consequences of dismissing an apprentice on a contract of apprenticeship. Contract of Apprenticeship Ending an apprenticeship early for an employee who is on a ‘Contract of Apprenticeship’ requires you to prove the employee is not trainable or has committed a very serious act of gross misconduct. Dismissing […]

Can I Demote An Employee?

February 19 2021 metisuser

We are asked by clients; can I demote an employee? It can seem an attractive option, but it’s not without its legal risks. Demotion should be approached by employers and HR professionals with a degree of caution as an option in managing the workforce. As a potential sanction, it represents a significant change to an employee’s employment arrangements and one that they may be less than happy to accept. Demotion can take various forms including a change in job title, role, duties, and subsequently salary. An employer may look to demote an employee for a number of reasons, for example: Work performance. You may look to demote an employee as an alternative to dismissal. Usually after going through a performance management procedure, if stipulated in a contract of employment as an alternative sanction; As a disciplinary sanction. An alternative to dismissal in a case involving allegations of workplace misconduct and/or where the employee has substantial length of service; Changes in economic circumstances may result in a need to reorganise the employer’s business, including seeking to demote certain individuals. There are potentially legal pitfalls associated with demotion. It can mean a significant variation to the employee’s contract of employment. A change […]

Our most popular HR blogs 2020

December 28 2020 metisuser

Every year we take a look back at our most popular HR blogs. It gives us an insight into what employers are grappling with and what advice they need. The topics in our top 5 most popular HR blogs 2020 are fairly predictable given the momentously uncertain year we’ve had with the pandemic and Brexit looming. The interest in the topics followed the issues as they were headlined during the year. Our 5th most popular HR blog, written in July 2020 at the height of uncertainty, provides guidance to anyone preparing for a redundancy consultation meeting . Our next most popular HR blog, written in June 2020, looked at alternatives to redundancy . Not yet at the peak of the employment crisis, employers were looking for things that they could do to try to limit the number of redundancies that they might have to make. The 3rd most popular HR blog, written in August 2020, considered the most awful of things. How to tell someone they are redundant . These are emotionally charged meetings for both the person giving the news and the person receiving the news. This blog gave some practical tips to reduce the distress. Our 2nd most […]

A Very Metis Christmas

December 25 2020 metisuser

Another year has rolled by and what a year it has been. 2020 will go down in history. School children will study it. International and domestic laws will continue to be changed. New precedents have been set. The economic and social fallout will be felt for a generation. Of course, Coronavirus has been dominating the global news, but Brexit has also been on the horizon. 2020 has been an exceptionally challenging year for Metis HR clients and the Metis HR Team. Not only have businesses been struggling financially, but also from an HR perspective. Furlough, self-isolation, and social distancing have all thrown up unprecedented issues for workplaces and HR manager.

Free HR Fact Sheets

October 15 2020 metisuser

Metis HR clients get free access to over 100 HR Fact Sheets. We list here a selection of HR Fact Sheets that are free for you to download Redundancy Checklist Work Experience, Volunteering and Internships Employees who have been given community service

Case Studies by Issue

October 15 2020 metisuser

We work with all different sectors and businesses. Here we share with you some of our more detailed experiences with you indexed by issues Redundancy Productivity Improvement Employees have stopped speaking to one another

Case Study HR in the Bridal Retail Sector

October 12 2020 metisuser

127,000 of UK 2020 weddings have been cancelled or postponed to 2021 because of the current pandemic. The highest rates of wedding cancellations were seen in the south of England, with 43% of weddings cancelled in the Greater London area, followed by South West England (42%), the East of England (39%) and South East England (37%). If your business lost 43% of its turnover, but you still had to cover your business overheads, including employee’s wages would your business be struggling? The majority of Bridal Retailers would be. The Problem Stephanie has over 25 years’ experience in the UK bridal industry. She owns two bridal shops in the East Midlands. In her words “I’ve never known anything like this. It’s Armageddon!”. Stephanie was at her wits end when she phoned Metis HR. Six months of restrictions on who can attend weddings, travel restrictions cancelling weddings being held abroad and the enforced closure of bridal shops as non-essential retail cancellations, were giving her sleepless nights. Few businesses carry the sort of reserves needed to sail through the impact of COVID without any concerns. Stephanie had 6 employees in her two shops. One shop was doing a little better than the other, […]

The Job Support Scheme

September 25 2020 metisuser

What does the Job Support Scheme really mean for employers? Having read the detail of Chancellor’s announcement yesterday we’ve put together the main points for your information. The Job Support Scheme is potentially not as helpful to employers as it first sounded. The main pointers of the scheme are The government have said that further guidance “will be published shortly”· The Scheme opens on 1 November 2020 and closes in April 2021 (no specific date given)· You can use this Scheme even if you as the employer or the employee concerned have not previously used the furlough scheme (Job Retention Scheme)· The Scheme is only open to those businesses where turnover is lower now than before experiencing difficulties from COVID19· Employees must have been on your payroll on or before 23 September 2020 (so a Real Time Information (RTI) submission must have been made before 23 September 2020.· Employees will be paid for 77% of their contracted hours· The Government will pay a third of the hours not worked by an employee up to a cap of £697.92 per month· […]

How to tell someone that they are redundant

August 04 2020 metisuser

The worst thing a manager ever has to do creates the popular question how to tell someone they are redundant. During this pandemic, while businesses across all sectors have been hit, we’ve seen a growing trend of companies using furlough or making employees redundant. How a company communicates its decision when thinking about redundancies is critical to how the news is received. It makes headline news when companies haven’t thought carefully how to tell someone that they are redundant. We hear quickly enough when companies don’t handle the communication of redundancy well. The company that tells people by text that they’re being made redundant, the employees who simply turned up for work to find the doors locked. It’s always how the news is communicated that creates the grievance, not what’s being communicated. People can usually accept business change; they often know it is coming. But how they’re told is how you’ll be judged. When you’re thinking about how to tell someone that they are redundant there are some communications issues to consider Sow seeds early about what’s happening in the business. If you’ve kept employees in the loop that the orders are not coming back as quickly as you’d hoped, […]

Who Is Metis HR?

July 31 2020 metisuser

Metis HR was established by our MD and owner, Alison Driver, in 2011 to provide professional, commercially aware outsourced HR services for employers in the North West and beyond. Although our consultancy services are primarily for business in the North West, we work with businesses all over the UK to give our tailored, reliable and informed advice. The two main HR consultants in Metis HR are Alison Driver and Ali Penney; two very well known and respected professionals in their field. Find out more about Metis HR and our services below. About Alison Alison Driver has over 35 years of experience in managing people in an HR capacity. She Is a Chartered FCIPD and MBA qualified HR Consultant. Being a Chartered Fellow of CIPD means Alison is considered a role model for the HR industry. It recognises Alison’s commitment to shaping the industry by contributing to key CIPD research and shaping their policies. Alison draws on her vast experience and knowledge to do this. A background in the NHS managing 105 unionised staff gave her a solid grounding in management, human resources, redundancy, and unions. Since then, she estimates she has been directly responsible for over 400 employees, carried out […]

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