Blog26th Jun 2024 How Tolerant is Your Business to Fraud? As a fraud investigator for over 25 years, I’m aware that most, if not all, businesses will often tell you that they have zero tolerance to fraud. It will say this in most company’s policies and ticks a corporate governance… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Attracting and Retaining Talent The Chestnut that remains un-cracked – or is it? How organisations attract and retain talent is the hot topic that never seems to cool. There are a number of influencing factors in our lives in respect of our employment,… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 How to Prevent Fraud in Small Businesses The most cost effective way to limit fraud losses is to prevent fraud from occurring in the first place. Easier said than done of course. Small businesses have significantly fewer anti-fraud controls than large organisations. This gap in fraud prevention… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 How to Improve Safeguarding in the Charity Sector The recent media reports of abuses associated with charities working in the international aid sector has brought into sharp focus how charities deal with concerns raised in their industry relating to safeguarding failures and other forms of wrongdoing. Issues such as… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 The Benefits of Using an External Fraud Investigator Suspicions of fraud that arise in the workplace almost always triggers the need for a fraud investigation. Allegations such as fraud, theft, bribery and corruption are just some of the situations that may arise in an organisation which require investigating.… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Social Media – Friend or Foe? From my Employee Relations background and some High level Cases at Tribunal, Social Media is now becoming a minefield in Employee Relations with higher percentages of Dismissal Cases being associated to this every year. These cases are often complex and… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 The Value of Outplacement PROTECTING YOUR BRAND SUPPORTING YOUR EMPLOYEES Redundancy is an unfortunate feature of modern working life. It’s now commonplace and something that increasing numbers of employees can expect to experience as businesses continually change and adapt. That said, the impact… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Re-organisations and Redundancies: A Five Point Guide to Getting it Right Redundancy: not part of the plan Redundancy, in simple terms, is a lawful dismissal that occurs when an employer needs to reduce the size of its workforce. According to the Employment Rights (NI) Order 1996, an employee may lawfully be… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Bullying and Harassment Bullying and Harassment in the workplace is a sensitive issue and one that can cause huge problems for employers, if mishandled. With an ACAS study revealing that bullying and harassment complaints have been steadily increasing throughout the UK since 1998,… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Creating a Sales Culture within an Organisation “To me, job titles don’t matter. Everyone is in sales. It’s the only way we stay in business.” – Harvey Mackay A number of months ago I arrived at a hotel after a long early morning journey, through fog… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Please Mind the Gap: Gender Pay Reporting, What NI Businesses Need to Know If you have heard something about Gender Pay Gap Reporting but unsure how and when it will apply then read on! In GB, there is an imminent requirement, following a revision of the Equality Act (2010), to carry out… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Mental Well-being at Work Just about getting by or purposefully getting somewhere… which of these two options best describes how the employees in your organisation feel on a daily, weekly or monthly basis? Do you have the necessary information to answer? If so, how… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Whistleblowing Tips for Small Businesses Small businesses may not think that it is necessary to introduce a whistleblowing policy or procedure in their organisation. Many will mistakenly think that wrongdoing is more likely to occur in larger organisations where it is more likely to go… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Care Home providers turning to whistleblowing service providers Care home providers across the UK and Ireland are required by law to provide national standards of quality and safety to people they care for. People in care homes should be cared for in an effectively managed, safe, and compassionate… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 An anti-fraud solution for charities Like most sectors, charities are vulnerable to fraud and can be easy targets for criminals. With an annual UK income in excess of £69 billion it is no surprise that there are significant threats to charities involving fraud and other… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Bank Scandal reflects need for full protection for whistleblowers A recent scandal within the Financial Sector created a media frenzy when news broke that Barclays CEO Jes Staley had been investigated for attempting to unmask a whistleblower within his organisation. The news deals a fresh blow to the bank’s… By Caroline Murphy View more