HR Manager Marge Litvinova believes that people should collect moments, not things, because that is what truly makes you rich. Marge herself is probably immensely rich, as a co-founder of the Estonian HR Society and a tireless driver of the community, she has experienced countless emotional and gratitude-filled moments.
Informed personnel administration reduces risks, automates processes and ensures compliance. More than payroll – a comprehensive management solution.
If an employer has not taken steps to ensure a psychologically safe work environment, cases involving suspected workplace bullying often end up in the labour dispute committee. If bullying is confirmed, the employer must open their wallet.
Employees today expect the same level of user experience from their employers as they get from everyday services — whether it’s ordering food via an app or checking their child’s school data in eKool.
Where to start if your company doesn’t have a human resources director and HR policy, and on top of it, has a negative employer net promoter score? Grant Thornton Baltic’s HR director Marge Litvinova and recruiter Kätlin Treima share some valuable experience.
All of us have a work life and a private life, and no matter how we try, it is hard to keep them completely separate. Problems at work come home with us and vice versa. That is the underpinning for my belief that an employer who genuinely cares about its people will see investing into maintaining mental health as an investment in its employees.
The most important aspect of extraordinary cancellation of an employment contract is that the notice has to be reproducible in writing. The employee should thus be precise in their wording, and the employer should be quick to respond.
Employees are the greatest asset of any company, upon which competitive advantage is built - but they are also one of the largest cost factors. Every business leader should think about on whether we are doing all we can, to preserve this investment and whether we are making the most of our employees' potential.
Grant Thornton Baltic's HR Advisory Manager Airi Neemre highlighted 10 topics that influence recruitment with the goal to provide best practice recommendations about how managers can help make the recruitment process more productive, successful and efficient.
Although salary isn’t unimportant if you want to attract talent, you need to offer opportunities for growth and think through the details of the recruitment process, using the services of an external expert if need be.
If a company lacks its own HR manager or recruitment specialist, now is not the best time to look for one, because a recruiter is one of the most sought-after and thus most heavily advertised positions on the job market.
In the post-pandemic landscape, a new model of leadership will be needed to enable organisations to thrive. Engendering innovation, collaborating and communicating across the business, and adapting to change have become operational necessities, while empathy and inclusion are the keys to team performance.
It has been a year and a few months since the coronavirus turned a new page in world history and exploded all comfort zones. Since that time, Estonia has beaten back two waves of the virus, and like last spring, we are now facing a calmer period. But this brings up new questions – how to return little by little to ordinary working life and juggle the needs of companies and employees while taking into account the way work will be organized in future.
To give people freedom and responsibility in their work, these values must be a part of organisational culture. The precondition is a working environment where failures and mistakes are allowed and instead of routine feedback there is also feedthrough, says Grant Thornton Baltic’s Head of People & Culture, Marge Litvinova, who shares her experiences and knowledge in more detail.
Remote work due to the coronavirus in companies is becoming a new positive trend, which is difficult to reverse, but both companies and employees will benefit from adapting to it, according to Äripäev’s radio program “Kasvukursil”. Grant Thornton Baltic's HR manager Marge Litvinova, IT-manager Arko Kurg and Partner of digital services Vladimir Rüntü discuss the plusses and minuses and possibilites and threats of working in different places such as the office, home offive or office abroad.
During the emergency situation in Estonia, many employers have allowed some or all their employees to work from home. Allowing people to work from home cuts the risk of contracting the virus, but also raises the question of who is responsible for providing a safe and healthy work environment for the employee. Kärolin Rohumäe, Grant Thornton Baltic's legal adviser, explains in more detail.