Articles by HR Habitat
HR Compliance, Employment advice

It wasn't her tone. It was the fact that it was her.

⚠️ 𝗜𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗡’𝗧 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗘. 𝗜𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗛𝗘𝗥.You say she’s too direct but would you say the same if it came…
HR Compliance, Employment advice

‼️10 things to avoid doing with new starters.

‼️10 things to avoid doing with new starters.Or you’ll lose them. There’s so much talk around development and…
HR Compliance, Employment advice

10 reasons why you should hire a mother

Too often we hear the job applications of mothers being turned down due to her family life, so here are 10 reasons why…
HR Compliance, Employment advice

𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞

⚠️ 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞. 𝗦𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗧 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗬. (And the legal risk doesn’t show up until she…
HR Compliance, Employment advice

It's an open secret that mums stop working after 3pm ⚠️

⚠️ “𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝗺𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 3𝗽𝗺.”And just like that - another myth is born.Backed by zero…
HR Compliance, Employment advice

My Uber driver was working to escape flexibility ⚠️

⚠️ 𝗠𝗬 𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗘 𝗙𝗟𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬.(And yet most managers think giving time off is the answer.)He was…
HR Compliance, Employment advice

Your male staff are ageing. Your female staff are “losing...

⚠️ 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗙𝗙 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚. 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗙𝗙 𝗔𝗥𝗘 “𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗧.”And if that sounds harsh, check your last round of…
HR Compliance, Employment advice

𝗠𝗬 𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗘 𝗙𝗟𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬

⚠️ 𝗠𝗬 𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗘 𝗙𝗟𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬.(And yet most managers think giving time off is the answer.)He was…
HR Compliance, Employment advice

⚠️ What job can you possibly give a pregnant woman?

⚠️𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻? 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆… 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴?She didn’t expect special treatment.Just a…
HR Compliance, Employment advice

⚠️ 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻)

⚠️ 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻). And your most loyal employees are slipping through the cracks because of…
HR Compliance, Employment advice

You think it's a performance issue, but THIS time the...

⚠️ 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (And I recognise the signs—because I once…