Colleague Spotlight
Laura Bennett, HR Officer
Hi, I’m Laura. I’ve worked in HR since 2008. My specialisms are recruitment, right to work in the UK and mental health and wellbeing. Is being customer-focused and super organised a specialism?! If so, yes to those as well!
Day to day, you’ll find me working on recruitment and supporting key clients with a variety of HR matters. I enjoy getting stuck into project work such as staff surveys, salary benchmarking and training and development. Building relationships with clients and working in a supportive team is important to me. I enjoy a variety of work – there’s always something new to learn!
Outside of work, I’m a keen DIYer. I was recently told that if you stay still for too long around me, I’ll probably paint you! I love practising yoga and Pilates, and I also enjoy cooking, hosting and eating out at new places (always looking for recommendations!)
My proudest achievement to date is buying my ‘doer-upper’ house and putting my own stamp on it.
Who you’ll be working with
Client stories
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Gus Hosein
Executive Director, Privacy International
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WorkNest supports our 280 staff members with Employment Law and Health & Safety and has provided quality management training too.”
Lisa Best
Head of Service Delivery, Catalyst Choice
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We get a great deal of comfort and satisfaction knowing that we have support as and when we need it, in a decisive and responsive way.”
Richard Berry
Group HR Director, Culina Group
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We moved our legal support to WorkNest (formerly Law at Work) having previously used a time and line law firm. It was important, though, that an all-inclusive fee structure did not come at the expense of quality. Thankfully we’ve been delighted with the service we’ve received from WorkNest.”
Chief Executive
Waverley Care
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What we recognised in WorkNest is the background that they have. They are able to supply knowledge and experience in a number of disciplines, which enables us to develop our business in a way that’s safe, to do it on time and with a quality to it.”
Debbie Rainbow
Director of Human Resources and Health & Safety,
Bluestone National Park Resort
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Celia McKeon
Chief Executive, The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT)
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As the company started to get larger, we knew we had to protect our employees and our contractors both onsite and in the offices. WorkNest is exactly what we needed to move the company forward.”
Joanne Beaver
Operations Director, Beaverfit
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Pineapple have worked with the team at WorkNest (formerly Law at Work) since 2003, and we have built a trusted partnership together. We particularly like WorkNest’s concise and practical advice concerning employment law/HR issues and also appreciate their totally supportive approach in all areas of health and safety.”
General Manager
Pineapple Dance Studios
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I’ve taken WorkNest into every organisation that I’ve worked with. I’ve introduced them to many teams and many colleagues and referred them with absolute pleasure because I genuinely trust in the service that we get.”
People Director, The Works