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Hi. Is anyone willing to share their menopause policy with us please? Thanks.
Karen Bateson
Hi, would anyone please be willing to share with me what their attendance policy states in respect of pay for long term absence? I am trying to benchmark our organisation. Regards, Teri
Our CEO has asked for figures on number/percentage of staff working e.g. compressed hours/part time hours, etc.   She has then asked how our figures might compare to employers at large, or the rest o...
Rhiannon Mulrenan
Hi there We've got a couple of members of staff currently acting up but we have no formal policy in place for this. Wondering if anyone might be willing to share their policy or some key tips for wha...
Ruth Choat
Hi  I have a staff member which I have a personality conflict with. They constantly undermine me. Constantly suggest I'm wrong. Manipulate staff against & I've had enough. They constantly say "your c...
Angela Gregg
Hello, I am after a little advice regarding employee rights.  I work for a charity that is ran by a group of voluntary trustees who are obviously directors also. We have no HR department or union and...
Sarah Regan
Hi all,  My trustees have asked me to carry out some benchmarking regarding maternity pay in the charitable sector and was hoping to gather some data on what peoples maternity polices look like?   We...
Laurence Evans
As a regional charity we are unable to offer a salary increase this year, however we wanted to present a 'gift' to our hard working staff as 'thank you' for all their hard work.  Has anyone else done...
Maria Bowness
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Can anyone recommend an independent Occupational Health company that has experience of assessing staff, presenting wi...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I have a serious grievance against the CEO and the chair of trustees of the small charity (20 employees) where I work...
Ocean King
Afternoon everyone! We are reviewing some of our employee benefits at the moment and I wondered how many organisations contribute to the cost of prescription glasses and if so, how much and with what...
Natalie Drohan
The trustees of a charity that I am associated with are looking at a way to hibernate the charity and make staff redundant. Is that possible? Where can we access support on the issue?
chris antony
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Does anyone have a pay progression mechanism in place to move people up to the scale within their current band? We ha...
Rose Cruickshank
Can you recommend a training provider that will give online training on Health &  Hygine, Safety and other general courses required by staff and volunteers working in a foodbank
Lorraine Gower
Hi, could anyone advise what a typical notice period for a charity CEO is? Many thanks
Tanya Tracey
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am looking for a third sector specific salary surveys and benchmarking data. I'm new to this industry and want to c...
Ocean King
Hi Just looking to do a quick survey to see what others might offer in terms of a working week and general benefits.  We offer a 35 working week and wanted to see what others offered. Our main benefi...
Liz Cussans
Hi, any recommendations for providers of UK online DBS checks please?  The company that the charity I work with had used previously has been taken over by First Advantage, and after an hour of trying...
Kate Scranage
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'd be interested to know if there are any charities that offer counselling for colleagues in addition to their EAP....
Ocean King
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How have charity salaries changed over the past year? And how does yours compare to average salaries across the sector? CharityJob have just published the CharityJob Salary Report 2024! Find out sala...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Our EDI advisory group wanted to check that we were following best practice with the Monitoring Form that we send out...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Can we put the following in our advert for trustees? We are particularly keen to broaden the diversity of our Board M...
Ocean King
I'm hoping that posting this here, as opposed to social media or LinkedIn will prevent a culture war outbreak. For context, I am both a biological male and identify as male. A colleague at senior lev...
Nick Avery
Hi everyone,  I have recently joined a charity who are looking at their offerings/policies on the following:  -  qualifying periods for paying company sick pay  - types of leave and time off availabl...
Clare Walker
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Our charity's staff work from home full-time. Is it usual for charities to require their staff that work remotely to...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm facing a very horrible situation in the charity where I have worked for 12 years.  Last year I was bullied by the...
Ocean King
Hi folks,  I'd appreciate recommendations on who best to approach when looking for a group life insurance policy for my charity, please? All best, Robert
Hi I work for a small charity, income c£250k pa. We are looking to implement a new sick pay policy and I would be grateful for examples of the current advice on sick pay entitlement for small chariti...
Sue Cocker
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I work for a small charity who only pay SSP to employees. We have pro-ratored an employee part-time, but the employee...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a small charity looking to appoint a new HR provider and would be interested in any recommendations.  We need...
Ocean King
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