The Aperture Partners Group is a human capital advisory firm, with functions across search, assessment and advisory. We engage with clients along the entire employment life cycle. Employees are every company’s most precious resource. Our recent survey of over 600 respondents was crafted and carried out with a view to gaining statistically significant, data driven
Is Potential the difference between those who succeed and those who don’t? ‘’Setting the bar high in our approach to hiring has been the single most important element of our success’’ Jeff Bezos, Amazon Potential is an extensive concept, but when discussing it in context of the workplace we can define it as the ability
Retaining top talent has never been more difficult. With the continual need for businesses to keep growing and evolving, new ways to attract and engage their talented employees must be identified. According to research by Mercer, nine out of ten organisations anticipate their competition for talent to increase. The research also reveals that 85% of businesses
Henry Ford is credited as saying, “the only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay.” In the real world, however, limited budgets force organizations to be much more selective, which explains the growing interest in high potential (HiPo) identification. An employee’s potential sets the
A care worker, who was dismissed by her employer for gross misconduct, has recently won a case of unfair dismissal, significantly in part, due to the former employer failing to adhere to a number of procedural processes prior to dismissal. According to submissions before the Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”), the carer left an elderly man,
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the Government will outlaw zero-hour contracts (“ZHCs”) in almost all cases in new legislation which will be prioritised during this Dáil term. In a speech to employers’ group IBEC, Mr Varadkar said the Government is committed to helping create good employment, with well-paying jobs, good conditions, and pension entitlements. He
Ryanair was dealt a blow in its legal battle to force employees across Europe to take disputes to the Irish courts after the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) ruled that cabin crew based in other countries could pursue legal claims locally. Six former employees had each sought €20,000 (£17,800) in what they alleged included unpaid
Introduction A recent and interesting decision by the Labour Court illustrates the implications for employers who fail to follow the required standard of fair procedures when dealing with disciplinary matters. Although the employer had, what the Court described as ‘comprehensive disciplinary procedures’ in place, by choosing to deviate from established procedural requirements they are now
Introduction An employer that monitored an employee’s personal correspondence on a company messaging account, broke European human rights law guaranteeing privacy, according to the European Court of Human Rights (“ECHR”), in a landmark decision that will influence how employers monitor their staff’s use of electronic communication at work. Background From 1 August 2004 until 6
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