01732 759725 14 BULLETIN Keeping the stress out of the Staff Christmas Party The annual Christmas party is often something employees to look forward to. But if you’re an employer it can often be quite stressful to plan. If you have been lucky enough to embrace flexible or hybrid working within your business, you may find yourself in the position of having multiple home workers that are spread across the UK. Although this could create a logistical problem in terms of your Christmas party options, travel time and cost, what it can offer is the chance to reinforce your company ethos and brand. As well as helping to create rapport between home and office workers that could pay dividends for your business longer term, it’s also a chance to reward your workers for their hard work and boost morale. Here are our top tips to get Employers through the Christmas Party season: 1 If you are considering a weekday party, then you should clarify what is unacceptable in terms of lateness or absenteeism post party before the event. It doesn’t have to be doom and gloom – you could allow staff to come in an hour late. If you need staff in on time you could consider providing a breakfast the next day. This way you’ll hopefully avoid any potential HR issues before they arise. 2 Be considerate of your staff… Offering free beer/wine only works if everyone drinks alcohol. Ensure you have soft drinks for those abstaining from booze or consider a drinks token instead. The same applies with food – ensure that there are appropriate selections available for Vegetarians/Vegans/allergies & intolerances. 3 Whether you are hosting a Christmas party during the day or the evening, be sure to consider the needs of staff when selecting locations. Is there safe public transport options home if people are drinking? 4 You’re still at work. You want everyone to enjoy themselves but be respectable of other staff and the venue – you may want to remind everyone that HR rules still apply to avoid some uncomfortable discussions the next day. Hopefully this will offer some inspiration into how best to proceed and solve the skills gaps within your business. If you are looking for advice on the market or would like help with your recruitment or recruitment planning, give Max Levenger or Lynsey Arnold at Henley Executive a call on 0333 567 4888. https://henleyexecutive.co.uk BUSINESS BRIEFING - RECRUITMENT Global commitment Konica Minolta has announced a new global commitment with US-based RealWear. The partnership will see Konica Minolta extend use of AIRe Link – a remote support application that allows service specialists to see what customers see and to remotely guide them visually to fix an issue on smartphones and tablets for use with RealWear headsets. Jon Arnold, Vice President of EMEA at RealWear, said: “At RealWear, we understand the importance of reducing response times, minimising unnecessary customer visits and improving first-time fix rates. With Konica Minolta’s AIRe Link application on RealWear Navigator 500, it’s now easier than ever to provide real-time assistance to Konica Minolta’s customers.” www.konicaminolta.co.uk • www.realwear.com KLM onboards PaperCut MF PaperCut has extended its relationship with KLM UK Engineering Limited, in line with the company’s long-term strategy to reduce its print output by 60%. The additional licences procured for PaperCut MF will also support the engineering firm’s growing print estate located across its recently expanded site in Norwich which accommodates 500 users, 500 endpoints and 54 virtual machines hosted on 12 physical hosts. www.papercut.com Next phase in strategic partnership Avaya and Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise have entered the next phase of a strategic partnership. Building on the existing relationship, which sees ALE offer Avaya OneCloud CCaaS to its customers and Avaya offer ALE Digital Age Networking solutions to its clients, both companies continue to progress on the integration of their solutions to build unique market value propositions. This integration is key to enable both companies’ customers to innovate using an expanding, increasingly rich and complementary set of capabilities from either company, and painlessly roll them out. www.al-enterprise.com • www.avaya.com Jon Arnold
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