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SUMMARY:The First 6 months: Recruitment\, Induction and Probation
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to invite you to Narrow Quay HR’s next HR Club session: The First 6 months: Recruitment\, Induction and Probation\, a practical\, one-hour webinar designed to support in-house HR teams and anyone responsible for managing HR issues within their organisation. The session will take place online from 9am to 10am on Thursday\, 14 May 2026.\nWith the upcoming changes in 2027 reducing the qualifying period for unfair dismissal to six months and removing the compensation cap\, effective probation management will become more critical than ever. Strong probationary practices\, alongside effective recruitment and induction are vital tools for onboarding and retaining talent while managing organisational risks. \nThis session will provide practical tools\, insights into good practice\, and highlight common pitfalls\, enabling you to approach recruitment\, induction\, and probationary periods with greater confidence and consistency. \nWhat we will cover:\n– Effective recruitment \n– The importance of the induction process \n– The purpose and importance of probation periods \n– Setting clear expectations and objectives during probation \n– Conducting effective probation review meetings \n– Addressing concerns or performance issues during probation \n– Making informed decisions at the end of the probation period \n– Practical dos and don’ts drawn from real-life scenarios \nWho should attend?\nThis session is designed for business leaders\, HR teams\, line managers and anyone responsible for people and culture within their organisations.\nWe look forward to welcoming you to this insightful session\, helping you prepare for these upcoming changes and manage probation periods effectively. \nSpeakers: Lisa Reynolds and Sarah Martin
URL:https://narrowquayhr.co.uk/event/the-first-six-months-recruitment-induction-probation/
LOCATION:Virtual Online Event
CATEGORIES:HR Training
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Martin":MAILTO:smartin@narrowquayhr.co.uk
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SUMMARY:Back to Basics – Managing grievances\, supporting anyone responsible for managing HR issues in their organisation
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite you to our next HR Club session: Back to Basics – Managing Grievances\, a practical\, one-hour session designed to support in-house HR teams and anyone responsible for managing HR issues in their organisation.\nGrievances can be challenging to handle\, particularly where emotions are high\, issues are complex\, or processes are unclear. This session will focus on practical tools\, good practice\, and common pitfalls\, helping you to manage grievances with greater confidence and consistency. \nWe will cover: \n\nWhat counts as a grievance (and what doesn’t)\nRunning effective grievance meetings\nHandling counter-grievances and connected complaints\nManaging grievances raised during disciplinary processes\nMaking balanced decisions and communicating outcomes\nPractical dos and don’ts drawn from real-life scenarios\n\nWho should attend this session? \nBusiness leaders\, HR teams\, and anyone responsible for people and culture within their organisations. \nSpeakers: Caitlin Anniss\, Claire Parr and Simon Martin
URL:https://narrowquayhr.co.uk/event/back-to-basics-managing-grievances-supporting-anyone-responsible-for-managing-hr-issues-in-their-organisation/
LOCATION:Virtual Online Event
CATEGORIES:HR Training
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ORGANIZER;CN="Simon Martin":MAILTO:simon.martin@narrowquayhr.co.uk
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SUMMARY:Back to Basics - Managing Absence
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a practical webinar that goes beyond a simple overview of process.\nWe will explore the grey areas of absence management and share strategies to help you approach challenges with confidence. \nManaging absence can be one of the most difficult areas to get right. We often see challenges where the process feels straightforward in theory\, but in practice\, real-life scenarios make things more complicated. \nThis free one-hour session will cover tricky issues such as: \n\nManaging repeated short-term sickness absences and their impact on performance.\nMoving from informal to formal processes.\nWhat to do when you have overlapping performance and health issues.\nNavigating stress-related absences triggered by workplace conflict or processes.\nDetermining appropriate levels of contact with employees on a long-term absence and responding if they are unwilling to engage.\nRecognising when mental ill-health requires a different management approach.\nUnderstanding when it may be fair to dismiss an employee who is too ill to work.\nWhat to do if you doubt the genuineness of the sickness absence.\n\nOur speakers for this session \nJo Bradbury – Senior HR Consultant\, Narrow Quay HR \nAndrew Miles – HR Consultant\, Narrow Quay HR
URL:https://narrowquayhr.co.uk/event/back-to-basics-managing-absence/
LOCATION:Virtual Online Event
CATEGORIES:HR Training
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ORGANIZER;CN="Andrew Miles":MAILTO:amiles@narrowquayhr.co.uk
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SUMMARY:NQHR Club: Navigating Consultations
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming Quarterly HR Club\, where we’ll focus on a topic that’s front of mind for many organisations in today’s challenging economic environment: Consultations. \nAs organisations navigate difficult decisions and adapt to evolving business demands\, the need for effective consultation processes has never been greater. Whether managing collective consultations or addressing smaller-scale changes\, these situations can be complex\, sensitive\, and demanding for HR teams. \nIn this session\, we will: \n\nShare practical insights: explore case studies that illustrate common challenges and how to overcome them.\nAnswer your questions: participate in our interactive Q&A surgery by submitting your questions in advance\, ensuring we address the issues most relevant to you.\nProvide guidance: learn tips and strategies to make consultation processes run more smoothly and minimise disruption.\n\nOur aim is share the benefit of our experience of supporting clients through consultation processes in order to provide you with actionable insights and tools to support your organisation through these challenging times while maintaining fairness\, clarity\, and compliance. \nWe would encourage your questions before the event. Please submit any questions you may have to support@narrowquayhr.co.uk. \nWho should attend this session? \nThis session is designed for HR professionals and those managing change across all sectors.
URL:https://narrowquayhr.co.uk/event/nqhr-club-navigating-consultations/
LOCATION:Virtual Online Event
CATEGORIES:HR Training
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SUMMARY:NQHR Club: Taking reasonable steps to prevent workplace sexual harassment
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an HR Club session on the new duty to take ‘reasonable steps’ to prevent workplace sexual harassment\, effective from 26 October. \nAll employers need to be aware of this important change in the law. This session will provide a high-level summary of the legal requirements\, led by Jessica Scott-Dye\, an expert professional support lawyer from VWV. \nJessica and Sarah Martin\, HR consultant and director of Narrow Quay HR\, will also provide insights on the practical steps organisations can take to mitigate risks and foster a more positive workplace culture\, such as: \n\n\n\n\n\nEmployee listening\nStrategic planning\nRisk assessments\nWorkforce learning and development\n\n\n\n\n\nThere will also be an opportunity for questions. Don’t miss this essential update – We look forward to seeing you there. \nWho should attend this session?\nThis webinar is aimed at Business leaders\, HR teams and anyone responsible for people and culture within their organisations.
URL:https://narrowquayhr.co.uk/event/nqhr-club-taking-reasonable-steps-to-prevent-sexual-harassment/
LOCATION:Virtual Online Event
CATEGORIES:HR Training
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SUMMARY:NQHR Club: Developing a reward strategy
DESCRIPTION:Why do employees choose to work for you and what can you do to recruit and retain the best? \nSalaries and benefits are critical in attracting and retaining the people you need\, and by aligning your Employee Value Proposition (EVP) to your organisation goals you can demonstrate that you are taking visible action to support its success. Key to this is your reward strategy; having a plan\, aligning it to the future and engaging your people.     \nIn this HR Club\, we’ll introduce you to the key principles of developing a reward strategy that is strategic and ensures your EVP supports your organisation goals. This session will help you identify what to include in your reward strategy\, and the stakeholders you need to engage with to ensure that your strategy delivers what your organisation needs. If your EVP needs an overhaul\, then now is the time to ensure that you are taking a strategic approach to the future. \nWe’ll focus on the key principles you need to develop and also introduce the different types of pay structure and why they do and don’t work in different scenarios. \nJoin Sarah Martin and Jane Baalam from Narrow Quay HR to find out how a reward strategy could support your organisation. 
URL:https://narrowquayhr.co.uk/event/nqhr-club-job-evaluation/
LOCATION:Virtual Online Event
CATEGORIES:HR Training
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SUMMARY:NQHR Club: How you can use Executive Coaching in your organisation
DESCRIPTION:In the ever-evolving landscape for organisations\, the need for exceptional leadership has never been more crucial. Executive coaching stands tall as a powerful tool to harness the potential of key leaders and offers a unique opportunity for skill development\, career advancement\, and self-discovery. It’s a strategic investment that yields substantial returns and it’s not just for leaders.\nIn this HR Club\, Sarah Cook will tell you everything you need to know about executive coaching. Taking it back to basics\, Sarah will explain what executive coaching is\, how an organisation might go about introducing an executive coaching programme\, how it works in practice and what a coaching session might look like. \nShe’ll also talk you through what you might expect to see as an outcome and how it might benefit your organisation. \nIn order to bring it to life\, Sarah will look at some scenarios involving some of the issues she sees from individuals such as imposter syndrome\, procrastination\, perfectionism and people pleasing\, focusing on how she uses the coaching process to tackle these. \nJoin NQHR and Sarah Cook to find out what opportunities executive coaching could provide your organisation. 
URL:https://narrowquayhr.co.uk/event/executive-coaching-1605/
LOCATION:Virtual Online Event
CATEGORIES:HR Training
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Cook":MAILTO:scook@vwv.co.uk
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SUMMARY:NQHR Club: Artificial Intelligence in HR
DESCRIPTION:In our next HR Club we will be looking at the topic of Artificial Intelligence. We are delighted to welcome Sue Turner OBE\, who is the founding director of AI Governance\, a Bristol-based consultancy with the mission to inspire leaders to use AI with wisdom and integrity. \nWe know that a lot of HR professionals will be grappling with this topic and thinking about how AI can be used within their organisation but may feel they don’t have enough understanding of what’s involved and have concerns about whether the use of AI in areas such as recruitment could give rise to unfairness. \nSue said: \n“I predict that this year HR leaders will be bombarded with suppliers offering third-party tools that purport to be using AI. It’s vital to know what the opportunities and pitfalls are of using AI so you can ask the right questions to ensure in-house and external tools deliver value for you.” \nIn this session Sue will share insights with us on:\n\nWhat is AI anyway?\nOpportunities to use AI in HR\nRisks that this brings\nHow to move forward with AI in your team.\n\nWho should attend?\nThose with responsibility for HR within their organisation and anyone with an interest in the topic. \n  \nSue and the team from Narrow Quay HR will welcome your questions too. We think this session will be extremely thought-provoking and really popular so we highly recommend you book early to secure your place.
URL:https://narrowquayhr.co.uk/event/ai-in-hr/
LOCATION:Virtual Online Event
CATEGORIES:HR Training
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ORGANIZER;CN="Caitlin Annis":MAILTO:canniss@narrowquayhr.co.uk
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SUMMARY:NQHR Club - Restructures
DESCRIPTION:Narrow Quay HR has been involved in supporting clients on various restructures over recent months and will be covering the key insights gained at this quarterly HR club webinar. \nWhy you should attend?\nWe’re collaborating with our expert colleagues at VWV\, who will provide valuable insights into the legal aspects of restructuring and change management. This includes explaining the legal frameworks and regulations that organisations must adhere to during such processes.JE\nThey can also delve into the concept of ‘fire and re-hire\,’ which has gained significant attention in the media lately. This concept refers to the practice of terminating employees’ contracts and subsequently rehiring them under new terms and conditions\, which can be a contentious issue. VWV can discuss the legal implications\, best practices\, and potential pitfalls related to this approach. \nNarrow Quay HR will focus on planning and process. This involves carefully evaluating the organizational needs\, defining clear objectives\, and devising a comprehensive strategy. We will also share practical tips and real-life experiences on how to effectively engage with employees. Employee engagement is critical during periods of change\, as it helps mitigate resistance\, foster a positive work culture\, and ensure the success of the restructure. \nThis will be a really good session for HR professionals who are about to lead on a change project or restructure within their organisation or for senior leaders and managers who will have ‘on the ground’ responsibilities for implementing a restructure.
URL:https://narrowquayhr.co.uk/event/nqhr-club-restructures/
LOCATION:Virtual Online Event
CATEGORIES:HR Training
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ORGANIZER;CN="Caitlin Annis":MAILTO:canniss@narrowquayhr.co.uk
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