Category: AD Executive HR

This is what life looked like last week for all Alexander Daniels staff. A first-class reward for all AD Divisions: HR, Accountancy and Finance, Legal, Offshore, Energy, Engineering, and Global. The event organisers went above and beyond organising a great trip to Barcelona, Sitges to reward our hard working Consultants and Managers, but also to encourage team bonding. “Team building activiti...

A HR Department has many responsibilities within an organization as they protect the interests of both employer and employees. For employees, they protect their rights and support with their health and wellbeing whilst at work by implementing strategies or initiatives to encourage employees to focus on key health behaviours. Thousands of companies and dog owners are getting ready to take part ...

THERE IS NOW LESS THAN A YEAR TO PREPARE BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW OFF-PAYROLL RULES FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR. CONTRIBUTOR JULIAN COX, HEAD OF EMPLOYMENT – ILAW. Known more commonly as IR35, the rules are currently already in place within the public sector, where they have already sparked considerable controversy and several high-profile cases in the First Tier Tribunal – including s...

A few years back, The Manchester Evening News ran a story on a lady who refused to leave an interview after she was told she had been unsuccessful. She staged a 90 minute sit-in and it resulted in the Police being called, however, by the time they arrived she had disappeared. It got me thinking about the different reactions I have had when having to deliver the bad news to candidates who were no...

While there have been significant improvements in gender equality across the workplace in recent years, last year nearly 45 percent of UK companies reported that their gender pay gap had in fact increased. Further, research from Denmark has found an intrinsic link between the widening gender pay gap and having children. In the initial months after having their first child, women’s earnings were ...

A career in HR can open up multiple opportunities and create a platform for career progression. It creates a rewarding opportunity to concentrate on the development of its employees and play an integral part in influencing strategic/operational business decisions. Working within HR also opens up opportunities to influence and change an organisation in various ways from implementing policies, ha...

Alexander Daniels Professional Services got the opportunity to spend some time with Lyn MacDonald who is the Group Marketing Director of Macdonald Hotels & Resorts and arguably one of the most commercial Marketing Directors in Scotland right now. Her passion and sheer determination for what she does is so clear to see and it really is no wonder the success she has achieved to date. ...