What We Learned Last Quarter: August 2023

Posted in: Supplementary Articles NI on 31/08/2023 Legal Island's Knowledge team have collated all the updates we sent our 1,000+ Employment Law Hub subscribers in Q3 2023. Just as autumn facilitates the transition from summer to winter, HR professionals adapt to change, whether it's onboarding new employees, implementing workplace transformations,...

Working from Anywhere, How Does it Affect an Organisation?

Posted in: Supplementary Articles NI on 23/08/2023 During the COVID-19 Pandemic, employers had no choice but to allow employees to work remotely from their home location due to restrictions that were in place to minimise the spread of the COVID-19 Virus. Many employees who were currently working abroad at this time, remained in that country due to ...

Can ChatGPT Summarise a Legal Case Accurately? Legal Island Conducts an Experiment to Find Out

Posted in: Supplementary Articles NI on 15/08/2023 Since the moment OpenAI launched its chatbot ChatGPT, powered by artificial intelligence, users from around the world have been testing its capabilities and its limits. Legal Island is one of those inquisitive users. We recently conducted an experiment to test the chatbot's ability to write an empl...

NI Employment Law In Brief: July 2023

Posted in: Supplementary Articles NI on 10/08/2023 July was a month of rain, rain and more rain! At least we had Barbenheimer, Wimbledon and the Women’s World Cup to entertain us as well as plenty of employment-related mishaps and triumphs. We’ve highlighted below the key themes, to help you keep up to date with all the developments. Cost of Living...

SMEs : Coronavirus, Remote Working, and Employee Engagement: Strategies for Success

Posted in: Supplementary Articles NI on 28/07/2023 SMEs : Coronavirus, Remote Working, and Employee Engagement: Strategies for Success The outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in December 2019 forced employers to consider remote working for their staff as a temporary measure. This experiment with remote working revealed the benefits of offering ...

SMEs : Effective Leadership Strategies for Employee Engagement

Posted in: Supplementary Articles NI on 28/07/2023 SMEs : Effective Leadership Strategies for Employee Engagement Leadership/Engagement Example Three: Driving Engagement with Simple Rules In this article, we share a leadership and engagement strategy that has proven successful in our organization. By implementing a "No lunch at your desk" rule and ...

SMEs : The Shift Towards Engagement and Input: Navigating Leadership in the Modern Workplace

Posted in: Supplementary Articles NI on 28/07/2023 SMEs : The Shift Towards Engagement and Input: Navigating Leadership in the Modern Workplace Leadership is undergoing a transformation in today's organizations. The traditional top-down approach is no longer prevalent. Instead, there is a shift towards "leadership by consent." This change can large...

SMEs : Employee-to-Employee Communication Across the Organisation: Importance and Benefits

Posted in: Supplementary Articles NI on 28/07/2023 SMEs : Employee-to-Employee Communication Across the Organisation: Importance and Benefits Effective employee communication is crucial for organizational success. In Nancy Kline's influential book, "Time to Think," she emphasizes the importance of creating a Thinking Environment® to promote quality...

SMEs : Improving Communication in Small Businesses: The Key to Success

Posted in: Supplementary Articles NI on 28/07/2023 SMEs : Improving Communication in Small Businesses: The Key to Success In small businesses, addressing the root cause of problems is crucial for long-term success. We discovered that many of these issues stemmed from poor communication, which led us to spend more time fixing problems on a daily bas...

SMEs : The Value of Learning and Development for SMEs: Cost, Initiatives, and Creating a Learning Culture

Posted in: Supplementary Articles NI on 28/07/2023 SMEs : The Value of Learning and Development for SMEs: Cost, Initiatives, and Creating a Learning Culture Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often overlook the benefits of implementing proper learning and development plans due to concerns about costs. However, this perspective may be mi...