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Can't get the staff: the rules for hiring from overseas after Brexit

18 December 2020 by

While recruitment might be the last thing on some operators’ minds, the new rules for EU immigration are set to dramatically change the way the industry hires.

Technology

Technology Prospectus 2021: time to upgrade your workforce management

11 December 2020 by

Workforce management technology had already been widely adopted by hospitality businesses before the pandemic, but now, with rapidly changing staff availability and the need for increased support, it’s coming into its own.

Expert HR advice on coping with coronavirus from the People Summit People

Expert HR advice on coping with coronavirus from the People Summit

12 November 2020 by
Cabin crew redeployment firm offers cross-sector partnerships News

Cabin crew redeployment firm offers cross-sector partnerships

26 October 2020 by
Get staffed: workforce management technology comes of age Technology

Get staffed: workforce management technology comes of age

16 October 2020 by
Wake-up call: could you have personal liability for staff costs? Advice

Wake-up call: could you have personal liability for staff costs?

15 October 2020 by

Marston's warns 2,150 jobs at risk due to new restrictions News

Marston's warns 2,150 jobs at risk due to new restrictions

15 October 2020 by

Pub group Marston’s has warned that 2,150 jobs across its estate are at risk due to[...]

Wake-up call: How to handle redundancy during coronavirus Advice

Wake-up call: How to handle redundancy during coronavirus

30 March 2020 by

Businesses are having to face the regrettable but sometimes necessary step of reducing their staff. Emily[...]

Messaging app Yapster free for companies with more than 100 furloughed workers News

Messaging app Yapster free for companies with more than 100 furloughed workers

26 March 2020 by

Yapster has announced that companies with more than 100 furloughed employees will be able to use[...]

Cartwheel Recruitment promotes Claire Philpott to operations director People

Cartwheel Recruitment promotes Claire Philpott to operations director

09 March 2020 by

Cartwheel Recruitment has promoted Claire Philpott to the position of operations director.

News

Hospitality industry will need to 'relentlessly chip away at government' to change immigration policy

Operators will need to “relentlessly chip away at government” if it is to overturn its perception of the hospitality industry as ‘low skilled’ and see changes to the proposed immigration system. "

28 February 2020 by
Firmdale puts its people first with a new staff training academy Hotel

Firmdale puts its people first with a new staff training academy

28 February 2020
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The positive working environment across Firmdale Hotels just got even better with the launch of a bespoke training academy. Janet Harmer reports

Petition claims Nando's failing to pay staff for extra hours spent cleaning sites News

Petition claims Nando's failing to pay staff for extra hours spent cleaning sites

27 February 2020
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A petition alleging that Nando's is failing to pay employees for hours spent cleaning down restaurants at the end of their shifts has received almost 5,000 signatures.

Hospitality industry ‘shocked and saddened’ by short-sighted immigration proposals News

Hospitality industry ‘shocked and saddened’ by short-sighted immigration proposals

19 February 2020 by

Hospitality operators have said they are “shocked and saddened” by short-sighted immigration proposals that have no[...]

Migrant visa salary thresholds should fall but still prioritise skilled workers, committee recommends News

Migrant visa salary thresholds should fall but still prioritise skilled workers, committee recommends

28 January 2020 by

The salary threshold for migrants coming to work in the UK should be dropped by more[...]

People

Minute on the Clock: Takis Melitsiotis talks next generation hotel technology and positive people culture

24 January 2020 by

Aloft Liverpool general manager Takis Melitsiotis discusses working with the local community, team development and what[...]

Beyond Food searches for the next cohort of hospitality apprentices News

Beyond Food searches for the next cohort of hospitality apprentices

21 January 2020 by

Beyond Food, the charity that works to break the cycle of homelessness by providing training for[...]

News

Fred Sirieix calls for an end to years of 'no visible action' on industry's staffing crisis

Front of house figurehead Fred Sirieix has written an open letter to the industry and government calling for an end to years of discussions about hospitality's reputation problem, which have been followed by "no visible action". "

16 January 2020 by
How to... get on top of HR legal changes in 2020 Advice

How to... get on top of HR legal changes in 2020

16 January 2020
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New year, new laws. Katee Dias breaks down some of the policies you’ll need to get to grips with in 2020

Soho restaurant employee says he's still waiting to be paid two weeks after protest News

Soho restaurant employee says he's still waiting to be paid two weeks after protest

05 December 2019
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A former employee of a Soho restaurant has said he is still waiting to receive overdue wages, almost two weeks after ex-staff protested at the restaurant’s entrance.

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