This Blog aims to provide some information on the menopause, as well as talking about my own experience of menopause in the workplace. For a long time, menopause has often been not talked about, misunderstood, ...
Employee Benefits
It’s generally accepted that COVID-19 has challenged the wellbeing of most employees. It’s also recognised that the wellbeing of expats has been especially hard hit. Healthcare is one particular area where expa...
Since 1992, every April has been ‘Stress Awareness Month’, aiming to increase public awareness about the causes, early warning signs and cures in the modern stress epidemic. According to the Mental Health Found...
When inflation was creeping up at the start of this year, it was expected to be a transitory phenomenon. However, we now know the expectation is that it will be with us throughout 2022. The Office for Budget Re...
Stress is defined as the feeling of being overwhelmed or unable to cope with mental or emotional pressure. [1] It comes in many different forms, affects people in different ways. Causes can vary considerably fr...
After two years of isolation, testing, lockdowns, and face masks; everyone seems to be grateful that we are finally learning to live with COVID-19. Since March 2020, the virus has been all over the daily news, ...
Just when you thought you had your employee benefits package all nicely sorted out. There is another very important question one has to consider. Namely: how ‘green’ are your employee benefits? The environmenta...
With the initial compulsory fiduciary manager retender exercises now complete, we look back at the cases we’ve advised on over 2021 to see what the common themes were. Did many of these exercises result in a ch...
How employees feel at work depends on a variety of factors, and is influenced by how they act and react, as well as the input of their employer and the actions of their colleagues who surround them day-to-day. ...