Employment and you: what the law says

Employment and you: what the law says

Until you win the lottery and are able to retire to a Caribbean beach with your winnings, you have to have a livelihood. As well as being the way to put bread on the table, your job has a huge bearing on who you are. After all, it is where you spend the majority of your time.

Hopefully, this time is enjoyable and your job can help you learn new skills, travel, make life-long friends and evolve as a person. This is why finding the right job is so important.

As your job is so important, it needs to be …

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But what do HR professionals actually do?

But what do HR professionals actually do?

You probably know someone who, when asked what they do, say that they ‘work in HR’. From the outside looking in, the whole area of HR can seem a little too nebulous or ill-defined. We know that HR stands for Human Resources but what does that actually mean?

The short answer is people. That’s still quite a wide-ranging definition but the fact that human resources revolves around people is the single most important aspect of any HR role. HR professionals develop, implement and advise on policies relating to the effective use of personnel within an organisation, and this can take …

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