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HR Briefing Issue 299 – 8 June 2006
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Editor’s Note
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As companies increasingly focus upon incentive schemes to
attract and retain employees, one question underlines its
business value – do benefits really work? Despite research
claiming that rewards can secure and motivate key staff, poor
implementation and research could mean these packages are
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Features
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Employee benefits – What’s the point?
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HR risks making itself redundant by failing to provide
incentives that employees actually want, offering them too much
choice and rewards that, as LSC Learning Advisor Sue Caffary
puts it, “don’t benefit many and can be removed at management
whim”. Given such apparently critical flaws, can the benefits
strategy possibly redeem itself?
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What’s the answer? Pregnancy during a fixed term contract
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Genevieve Touzin gets legal guidance this week from Martin
Brewer, a partner with the employment team of Mills & Reeve, and
Sarah Bird, employment law expert at Browne Jacobson, on
pregnancy rights for those on fixed-term contracts.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/154964
Off the record: The problem with references
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Daniel Isaacs, principal in the employment team at city law firm
Withers LLP, explains the legal issues surrounding employee
references.
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Opinions & Comment
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Colborn’s Corner: Equality in HR?
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The confirmation that 70% of CIPD members are female raises
interesting questions about equality within HR. This week
Quentin takes a sideways look at equality within the profession
and asks if we do indeed practice what we preach.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/154941
Opinion: Preparing for age equality regulations
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Training consultant and project manager John Allan explains what
business must do to prepare for the incoming age discrimination
legislation.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/155161
Company of the Week: Nationwide
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Nationwide’s strapline is “Proud to be different” and when it
comes to benefits it certainly has lived up to its promise;
offering flexibility and choice on top of the standard package.
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Community
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Member’s Tip: Employing internal recruitment specialists
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Peter Duckitt sets out the business advantages of employing an
internal recruitment specialist.
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HR Tip: Payment during suspension
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“There was a fight so we sent the two combatants home to cool
off and to give us chance to interview witnesses. Should we have
paid them?”
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