Getting the right contracts in place to manage employee relationships effectively is crucial. Finding reliable, legally sound templates can however be time-consuming and costly. That’s where GitLaw steps in—an open repository for legal contracts designed to empower HR teams, startups, and legal …
Free Holiday Calculator Excel Spreadsheet
Holiday calculations! If you work for yourself or own a small business, you will know how exciting it is to employ your first member of staff. Having an extra pair of hands can be a huge help and allows you to concentrate on building your business further. But new employees sometimes create a …
HR Can’t Compensate For Poor Managers: Guest Blog Post from Lucy Adams, Expert Author
Today's guest blog is brought to you from Lucy Adams. Lucy is the best selling author of "HR Disrupted", a former HR Director with a wealth of experience, and an HR thought leader. We're thrilled to be bringing you Lucy's thoughts because they are so closely aligned with Air's core philosophy of …
A 2017 New Years resolution that is simply achievable
This really was our HR system before we started Air. Now its only use is as a doorstop. Here’s a 2017 resolution you can actually keep — make this the year you bin the HR files forever and adopt a simple, smart HR platform. A successful year relies not only on growing revenue but looking for …
Building a happy and healthy workforce
All employers want their staff to be happy and productive at work. But, the cost of sickness takes a toll on your business. According to the UK’s largest annual survey the average worker is absent from work for 6.5 days a year. This figure varies from one workplace to another but the cost to …
Free Employee Onboarding Checklist
Free employee onboarding checklist This free employee onboarding checklist is ready for you to download and customise to your business. All you have to do is ensure that you tick off each item that is relevant to your company. Start early: prepare well ahead of the new joiner's first day so …
Its my holiday and I’ll cry if I want to…how to manage everyone’s precious time off without tears
Your employees love working at your company, of course. But what they probably love too is looking forward to their well-earned holidays. Dreaming about, planning for and actually going on holiday is a huge part of what drives our motivation to earn hard cash in the first place! Not to mention the …
If only I’d known that! (the keys to how people tick)
With experience and hindsight comes wisdom. But don't you wish there was a way to shortcut the often painful experiences you have while building your company? What we wish we had known At Air we are always learning and thought it would be fun to have a round up of the things we and others wish …
