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HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 105
28 June 2005
http://www.hrzone.co.uk
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1. News in Brief: The week in HR
2. HR Practitioner’s Diary: Fingers in the till
3. HR Tip: Is stress a disability?
4. Review: 40 Activities for training in self-empowerment
5. Any Answers: maternity leave & pay, speed recruiting
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Editor’s note
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Unfortunately not all the situations you tell us about in ‘Any
Answers’ are fixable. This week Trudy recounts the terrible
ordeal she went through at the hands of a less then sympathetic
boss when her baby was born stillborn and how her fight to keep
her right to maternity pay & leave continues. See Quentin
Colborn’s advice to this and add your response:
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/142628
Elsewhere, Sandra Beale adopts the discipline of speed dating to
recruitment and wonders if hiring against the clock is a good
idea. Join in the debate at: http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/142476
And don’t forget that there are just days to go to enter our
competition to win a pair of tickets to the final day of the
Open Golf Championship *competition closes 29 June 2005*
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/members/mercer/index.html
Good luck!
Regards,
Annie Hayes
Editor
mailto:editor@hrzone.co.uk
Welcome new members
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This week, HR Zone welcomes members from the following
organisations, among others, to the site:
MidlandHR; Crown Prosecution Service; Escape Recruitment;
Accountax Employment Law; Goldsmiths College; Woolworths; BT;
Reed Graduates; ICAS; Department For International Development;
Linney Group; Financial Times; Merseyside Police; Freshfield; HR
Development; Creative Alliance Coaching; Work Life Consulting
A bad back could cost you more than you think.
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4.9 million working days are lost due to back pain every year,
costing British industry billions of pounds. By educating your
staff on how to take care of their backs, you can reduce
absenteeism and increase productivity. To get some sensible tips
on how to prevent back pain in the workplace, click here.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/redirects/hse7.html
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Any Answers Answered
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Catch up on the latest answers supplied by members at ‘Any
Answers’ and reflect on the issues at hand:
SMP calculations
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See members’ advice on how to recalculate SMP to take into
account a pay rise.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/142495
Changing Ts & Cs
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Members’ exchanges on when to issue a contract of employment and
what to do if a change of terms and conditions is refused.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/142305
Sabbatical
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Daisy gets advice on how to handle employee work sabbaticals –
what are your experiences?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/142436
Document download/Flexible Benefits
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This report gives advice on what is available, how to go about
such a process, what types of organisations exist in this arena
and what points to consider when selecting a Flexible Benefits
Provider.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/redirects/motivano.html
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Share your views
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Catch-up with the latest questions being asked by the community
and add your answers at:
Dress codes: do you have a policy you’d be willing to share with
Lesley Cairns?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/142583
Neil McCawley is looking to move some employees from hourly
based pay to an annual salary – have you any advice?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/142602
Do you have any experiences of speed recruiting? Asks Sandra
Beale.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/142476
Read all the latest questions and add your own:
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/anyanswers
Members’ corner
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News in Brief: The week in HR
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Skills shortage increase need for training, why senior business
leaders are kept awake at night, sickies on the rise,
organisations get ‘behaviour’ they deserve and how illegal
workers could soon wind bosses up in jail.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/142560
HR Practitioner’s Diary: Fingers in the till
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This week, Sue Kingston turns sleuth detective when she helps a
client uncover a loose fingered accountant who appears to have
had their fingers in the till.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/142517
HR Tip: Is stress a disability?
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Find out the answer in our latest tip provided by HRD & Payroll
Solutions.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/142314
Review: 40 Activities for training in self-empowerment
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“The aim of this manual is to encourage participants to
acknowledge and harness their inner power.”
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/142347
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