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Barry blog post – Flash and young! (me)
New car – flash & young (like me) or easy on the fuel? The old green vs seen debate I get into every year. If you haven’t seen the new advisory fuel rates for company cars that applied from 1st September 2011, you can get up to speed here. Read more here.
Barry blog post – HR’d Days Night
Did anyone see “HR’d Days Night” at Edinburgh Fringe Festival? Trish (who works in HR) has an increasingly awkward love life, her boss is increasingly inappropriate and her dreadful evening cabaret acts are increasingly morally dubious. I think I should pen a wee play or two myself… art imitating life anyone?
Barry blog post – anti-bug discrimination
I would have been in The Apprentice this year, if it wasn’t for their anti-bug discrimination policy. Most of the candidates they did pick couldn’t spell communication or teamwork, let alone do either. So I was pleased to read that the government is cutting red tape to make it easier for large employers to take [...]
This Month’s Q&A
I have an employee who has been sick for over one month now, how long do I need to keep paying them? The law requires you to pay the employee Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) for 28 weeks, providing they meet the qualifying criteria, but this is the minimum you need to do. You should check [...]
Barry blog post – there’s a lot in a name!
Barry is descended from the Irish for spear. Appropriate, given my rapier like wit and sharp intellect then. There was another school of thought that modern Barrys are descendants of Beargh, a nickname for`robber’. Not so prestigious.
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