Lighter’s HR Blog

Here are our blog posts on all things HR.

Insights into HR from HR Professionals

Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Businesses have a statutory duty to take action to prevent sexual harassment. Employers are legally required to take reasonable steps to reduce the chance of sexual harassment happening in the workplace. Our post provides insights into organisations moving from dealing with complaints to taking action in prevention.
Company Liability at Corporate Events
Company liability at corporate events has come up for our clients on a number of occasions, and there has been an interesting case ruling that we think people should be aware of. In this post, we’ll review the case ruling and what employers can do to minimise risks.
National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage Rates from April 2025
Changes regarding the rules of who receives National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage, the new rates and guidance on preparation for them coming into effect (from 1st April 2024)
Changes to Holiday Pay and Carry Over from January 2024
There are a few changes to holiday pay calculations being introduced in 2024. In January, there’s confirmation of holiday entitlements and changes to holiday carry-over; in April, there’s changes to rolled-up holiday and holiday accrual for workers on irregular or part-year hours. This post provides details on all of these and what actions employers need…
Changes to Working Time Regulations in January 2024
Working Time Regulations changed on 1 January 2024 to end the changes brought in to help manage the impact of coronavirus. This post provides insight into the changes and actions that employers need to take.
Dealing with Employee Problems in the Workplace
It’s impossible for managers to please everyone, and employees won’t always get on with each other. As such conflicts are bound to arise in a workplace and resolving them is key to a harmonious workplace. Therefore, this blog post gives some suggestions concerning how to handle such conflicts.
Employee Benefits: What Are the Options?
Employee motivation is important in any successful business. As such, employee rewards are key in maintaining a high quality of work. Therefore, this post gives some ideas for both traditional and more creative employee rewards schemes.
What Happens When the Grievance Can’t Be Solved?
Grievances don’t always lead to the result that the employee desires. As such, it is important that you take the right steps after the grievance if it can’t be solved, including in cases of an employee’s resignation. This post gives an overview of what some of this steps may be.
Performance Appraisals: What’s In It For Your Business?
For many businesses, when the annual round of performance appraisals is performed, questions can start to arise around “Do we have to do these?” and “What’s the point of this?” Does this sound familiar? In this post, we’ll look at the value of performance appraisals to your business.
Performance Appraisals: How to Maximise Their Value
Performance appraisals tend to be something businesses either embrace, ignore or conduct in a fairly half-hearted manner. In this post we share some of the common issues with performance appraisals so you can get the most out of the process.
A Need to Review Contract Restrictions
In this post we will look at an employment tribunal case that highlights the need to review the restrictive covenants in the employee’s contract, particularly when they are promoted.
When Should Employers Use Settlement Agreements?
A settlement agreement is a legally binding document that allows the employer to end employment by making a payment to an employee above that to which they are contractually entitled. In return for that payment, the employee agrees not to take any further action in relation to their employment. In this post we’ll look at…

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