Kirsty Senior

#5 Our software has had a summer makeover

#5 Our software has had a summer makeover

They say time flies when you’re having fun, and summer has definitely flown by for citrus HR’s very own dev team, who have been having buckets of fun giving our software a ‘Summer makeover’, which included a redesign, new and improved expenses, as well as a brand new...

Gross Negligence Manslaughter

Gross Negligence Manslaughter

Why the owner of a company got a 7 year prison sentence for an accident he was not directly involved in. News of a horrendous lorry crash in Bath in 2015 was hard to miss.  Four innocent bystanders were killed, one a small girl, when a lorry’s brakes failed and the...

Help With HR Consultancy

Help With HR Consultancy

What to expect from a qualified HR consultancy and how to choose the right one for your small business. Your business is growing and you feel great about it, but with every new staff member you find your desk drowning in more paperwork and your inbox clogging up with...

5 ways to take control of rising employment costs

5 ways to take control of rising employment costs

Employment law has changed a fair bit in 2016, meaning that in some cases it can now cost you more than it would have done last year to take on a new employee. With this in mind, are you aware how much each employee costs your business? We’ve written this blog to help...

What is Auto Enrolment?

What is Auto Enrolment?

The law on workplace pensions has changed; all businesses in the UK with more than 1 staff member must take part in Auto-Enrolment. It is being phased in and if you are a small employer this year is the time to start looking at workplace pensions for your employees....

Dress code policy at work – when does it become unfair?

Dress code policy at work – when does it become unfair?

  When does a dress code become unfair, or even unlawful? A recent news story from North Wales got us thinking. The story, covering a petition from Denbighshire taxi drivers looking to stop a ban on shorts, highlights the issue of what a reasonable approach to...

Managing employee behaviour – in and out of the office

Managing employee behaviour – in and out of the office

Managing employee behaviour goes beyond what happens in the office. Even though an employee may have closed their laptop for the day and headed home, it doesn't mean that their behaviour doesn't affect you as their employer. We look at this closer in a recent case:...

5 ways to take control of rising employment costs

Staffing costs increase again

Last month we heard the announcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) in the UK being increased from 1st October 2014 following recommendations made by the Low Pay Commission. The increases are bigger than usual so we would strongly advise checking your staff’s rates of pay to check what impact this will have on your ‘bottom line’.