Social media use has grown significantly over the past decade, with research showing that there are 665 million daily active Facebook users, 200 million monthly active Twitter users, and many more accessing and sharing information through YouTube, blogs, and other social media channels worldwide. Social media is something that we are all aware of…
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Why you should have a Code of Conduct Policy for your Setting
As an owner or manager of an Early Years Setting, you need to ensure you have a Code of Conduct in place to clearly lay out your expectations for your nursery and principles for acceptable workplace behaviour. A well written Code of Conduct will ensure a high standard of action by employees which will only…
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How To Improve Your Employees Health
As an employer, you have a legal responsibility for health and safety in your workplace. You will have undertaken risk assessments in your setting to ensure that both staff, visitors, parents and children are protected and you will have insurance cover to protect you as a business should an incident occur. So, you are legally…
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How to Implement an Effective HR Strategy in your Nursery
There is a common misconception that HR Strategies are for big businesses with large HR Departments and not something that smaller businesses need to think about. As we know time is such a precious commodity, you have multiple demands on your time every day, so why should you add creating a HR Strategy to the…
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How Up To Date Are Your HR Policies?
The fast-changing nature of employment law means that it’s imperative for any organization to have a comprehensive set of up-to-date HR policies and procedures established. These should aim to clearly and concisely set out the rights and obligations of employees, for those responsible for HR to administer and put into practice. Establishing and writing…
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5 Tips On How To Improve Your Performance Reviews
At the Nursery HR People, we often hear negative words being used to describe performance reviews; it can be viewed as an inefficient process and fails to do what it ultimately should; improve, enhance and recognise performance. We understand that many managers may feel anxious about conducting performance reviews. While they may be challenging…
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Rest Breaks – A Missed Entitlement?
A recent survey has shown that many employees are working over an additional week per year unpaid, due to not taking their full entitlement of rest breaks. The study showed that 36% of employees were regularly missing out on their rest breaks. Taking an average salary, over a span of 40 years, this was calculated…
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The Power Of Employee Engagement
Question – What can you do to save money in your Setting? Answer – Engage your Workforce and focus on Employee Engagement Money is tight, how can you make your setting successful whilst keeping your eye firmly fixed on your budget? You would be surprised at the improvements that you can make in terms of…
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Paediatric First Aid Requirements For Children’s Nurseries – An Update
In June 2016, we discussed big changes that Early Years Settings were going to face regarding their Paediatric First Aid Requirements. At The Nursery HR People, we have received a lot of requests for further information on this topic and as there have been some big recent developments, we wanted to bring you an update…
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30 hours free funding update: additional information on the free childcare extended entitlement
With less than 6 months to go until all three and four year olds in England will be entitled to 1140 hours of government-funded childcare per year – the equivalent of 30 hours free funding per week over 38 weeks of the year. In the aftermath of the spring budget, we have been taking some…
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