The importance of workplace eye care
Andrew McClean explores how business owners are looking after their employees’ eye health and how practices can provide easy options
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Absence management
Absence management — why does it matter?
Clare Avery outlines the basics of managing employee absence from work
Employers being aware of SAD
Why employers should be aware of SAD
The gloom of winter can make it more difficult for many to get going in the ...
Mental health monitoring
HR File: Mental health monitoring
Charlotte Cooke-Vaughan gives the lowdown on four apps designed to help ...
Working in a heatwave
HR file: Working in a heatwave
Charlotte Cooke-Vaughan outlines essential information for employers during ...
GDPR one year on
GDPR one year on
GDPR has been with us for over a year now. Ann Bevitt outlines the key aspects ...
HR File: Wish you were here
HR File: Wish you were here
Following a European Court of Justice ruling relating to accrued holiday, ...
The gender pay gap
In focus: Optical employers commit to tackle ongoing gender pay gap
Figures from leading optical suppliers show that women’s pay continues to lag ...
Want committed employees?
HR file: Want committed employees? Focus on identity
It is often said that there is a limit to loyalty in organisations but does ...
HR file: Change for the better
HR file: Change for the better
Tim Scott says a company’s culture can’t be changed overnight by writing a policy or issuing a memo, but it can be influenced to change over time
HR file: Keeping your staff on side
Keeping your staff on side
Andy Caldicott examines the efficiency of long service awards as a staff benefit
HR file: Reference point
HR file: Reference point
Rhiannon Jenkins considers the key points when providing or asking for a reference following new Acas guidance
HR file: Green credentials
HR file: Green credentials
Where companies are going wrong in their ethical stance, how this can affect them and what can be done to make businesses start thinking green for the right reasons. Gideon Schulman reports
HR file: Sticky situation
HR file: Sticky situation
Experts are predicting that this summer will be one of the hottest on record, but what can the sweltering conditions mean for employers. Jo Stubbs reports
HR file: Getting the best out of your practice team
Get the best out of your team
The skills that make you into a great boss are the same ones that facilitate an engaging culture, say James Manktelow and Julian Birkinshaw
In focus: Pimlico ruling uncovers murky waters of employment rights
In focus: Employment rights
The ‘gig economy’ has become a talking point once again after a self-employed plumber emerged triumphant from a Supreme Court case last week. Joe Ayling reports
HR file: Letting them know you’re letting them go
How to dismiss employees
Phil Allen gives his five top tips for giving notice of dismissal to employees
HR file: Accentuate the positive
Accentuate the positive
Optimism is nothing more than a set of mental habits and routines that anyone can learn, says Jo Owen
In focus: Gender pay gap shows inequality in optics
In focus: The Gender pay gap
As the gender pay gap debate rages on, the UK’s leading optical chains last week met a government deadline to disclose how much they were paying male and female optical staff. Joe Ayling reports
HR file: Supporting employees through the menopause
HR file: Supporting employees
Kate Pearlman-Shaw says without effective support for menopausal employees organisations risk losing or alienating key talent
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Optical Practice Manager
London (West) | £40,000
Optical Practice Manager - Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Kidderminster, Worcestershire | very competitive
Super Optometrist needed - Competitive Salary - Boston
Boston, Lincolnshire | up to £65,000
Qualified Practice Manager
London (Central) | £40,000
