Articles by Kim Nicol
Management, Employment disputes

5 steps to winning a tribunal claim

There are 5 straightforward steps that significantly increase your company’s chances of winning a tribunal claim.Step…
Recruitment, Employee performance

What Motivates Employees to Perform Well?

We tend to assume that a good salary and good perks motivate employees to stay in their jobs and perform well, but is…
Disciplinaries, Dispute Resolution

Gross Misconduct Dismissals – How can we possibly lose?

Why do companies lose tribunal cases where they have dismissed an employee for gross misconduct?  Having an employee…
Mediation, Employee Disputes

Seven Reasons why Employees Quit

If a bad employee quits that’s great, we all celebrate.  But when we lose a star player it can be devastating both…
Mediation, Human resources, Unfair dismissal

Six Stage Plan for Successfully Tackling Difficult...

We all have to have difficult discussions with employees from time to time – it may be a conversation leading to a…
#employee, #discrimination, #unfair dismissal

The Cost of Employment Tribunal Claims

Employment Tribunal claims cost businesses a fortune – not just in terms of legal costs but in management time,…
Training, Security, Employee Contracts

GDPR: Guidance for Employers

The GDPR is causing many employers to re-think how they manage employee information.How should I store information…