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Sexual Harassment Legislation for 2025
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The legislation around sexual harassment in the workplace has changed recently.  You may have seen this reported on in the press.What has changed?Sexual harassment in the workplace was already prohibited, and the employer had to show that they took ‘all reasonable steps’ to prevent harassment from occurring.The law now goes a step further and imposes ...

Employment Law Changes: What You Need to Know
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The Labour Party has released more details on its proposed Employment Rights Bill, which will bring significant changes to employment law. While the reforms are substantial, the Bill still needs to go through consultation and legislative processes, meaning the majority of changes won’t come into effect until 2026. This timeline allows businesses to update policies, ...

Synergy Car Leasing & Clockwork HR Longstanding Collaboration
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Synergy Car Leasing achieves nationwide success with effective human resourcesSynergy Car Leasing was founded in 2006 to deliver an excellent leasing experience, and they continue to achieve this to this day, keeping their clients at the heart of their business. Synergy is also the Fastest Growing Leasing Broker in its class 2019-20, as awarded by ...

Managing use of social media at work
Jane Ellison-Bates
Friend or foe, employees’ safe use of social media is down to youWhether you view social media as a game changing opportunity or a dangerous monster, there is no doubt that it is here to stay and you need to decide how to manage it in the workplace.The use of smart phones, the internet, posting, ...

Handling depression in the workplace
Jane Ellison-Bates
With 1 in 4 people in the UK experiencing a mental health problem each year, it is important to acknowledge the breadth of this problem and the affect this can have in the working environment, affecting performance and results significantly.In these early weeks of the year, when the days are still dark and wintry, and ...

Gender pay – does it stack up in your business?
Jane Ellison-Bates
 An increasingly sensitive issue, gender pay differences in your workplace could come under scrutiny.  It is unlawful to pay people unequally because they are a man or a woman. Make sure you’re prepared with this quick guide to the changes in the law this year: The Gender Pay Gap is an equality measure that shows the ...

Limbering up for flexible working practices
Jane Ellison-Bates
While Dolly Parton’s catchy Working 9 to 5 once embodied the nature of most employment in the 1980s, today’s professionals are embracing a whole new business culture as flexible working provides a better environment for work life balance.

Future Planning
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A five-strong financial services firm needed proactive help with a range of HR and recruitment issues. Firstly, Clockwork helped the firm’s practice manager write accurate and professionally presented job descriptions as well as developing an efficient and effective recruitment process to take the business forward. Then, Clockwork collaborated with the team to devise a modern and workable appraisal system that complemented and supported the firm’s own vision for itself.

Redundancy Report
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When a security appliance distributor reluctantly needed to make redundancies, the company was determined to support those whose contracts were terminated and help them to find future employment. Clockwork were asked to create and deliver a programme of workshops designed to help staff members update their CVs, write effective covering letters and improve their interview techniques.

Appraisal Training
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A prestigious northern university invited Clockwork to provide a consultancy service delivering vital appraisal training. As well as using effective and engaging role-play techniques to help deliver the training itself, Clockwork also facilitated additional workshops dealing with giving and receiving feedback. Competencies covered by Clockwork’s training package for the university included teamwork, customer service and decision making.