Performance management: How appraisals can add business value
Performance management should be a central part of any organisation’s HR process, particularly in a downturn when talent needs to be maximised. The appraisal process plays a key role in this, says Richard Doherty. Creating and maintaining a comprehensive and uniform performance management programme enables HR departments to align line managers and employees with the […]
HR tip: Qualifying to claim unfair dismissal
These questions are being answered by Learn HR, a market leader in the provision of HR and payroll training and nationally-recognised professional qualifications. Question: "Following a full investigation and properly conducted disciplinary interview, we dismissed a man for gross misconduct. At that point, he was actually one week short of one year's service. He has told […]
Using people development to prove HR’s worth
Natalie Benjamin explains how HR can prove its value in tough economic times and become an essential asset to any organisation, through effective investment in its workforce. 2008 has been a tough year and with the credit crunch and its consequences looking likely to rumble on into 2009, there is unquestionably more challenge ahead on […]
HR management in a recession
Don’t get bogged down with the bleak outlook of these challenging economic times and risk making hasty HR decisions, says Sandra Beale, who points out some of the other options available instead. The buzz words of 2008 are ‘credit crunch’ and ‘recession’. In the media it is all doom and gloom with several years of […]
The new disciplinary and grievance procedures: A simple success
The new draft statutory disciplinary and grievance procedures are due to come into effect in April 2009, with a promise of being far more simple and far less time-consuming. Charles Price examines whether this is indeed the case and what HR professionals need to know about the new Acas code. The new Acas Code to […]
Ask the expert: Pestering and unwanted admirers
A female employee has complained to HR about another member of staff who, she claims, is pestering her with unwanted attention. Esther Smith and Martin Brewer advise on the next steps to take. The question:I have been approached by a member of staff, E, who claims that she is being pestered by a male member […]
Caption competition: And the winner is…
November’s caption competition photo featured Russell Brand appearing on the Jonathan Ross show earlier this year. There were some very amusing entries this month, with many a chuckle raised here at HRZone.co.uk, so it was a really tough one to call. However, there could only be one winner, and that was Alan Barry. His winning […]
HR tip: Employment end date – garden leave question
These questions are being answered by Learn HR, a market leader in the provision of HR and payroll training and nationally-recognised professional qualifications. Question: "When does employment actually end when we give people pay in lieu of notice or put them on garden leave?" HR tip: Garden leave means that you continue to employ and pay […]
Managing change: Moving in a positive direction
Stuart Lindenfield explains how outplacement and transition planning play a vital role in keeping morale high and business requirements on track during large-scale organisational change. Every day we are faced with news of projects being placed on hold, businesses being restructured and announcements of merger and acquisition activity. All changes create a need for the […]
Profile: SSA winner – Enterprise Software
In the first of a series profiling the winners of the Software Satisfaction Awards, Cynthia Hammond from Softscape tells Lucie Mitchell why she thinks they won the Enterprise Software award in the HR category. Softscape is an integrated human capital management software vendor, which aims to provide solutions that enable organisations to drive business performance […]
Ask the expert: Absence management for pregnant employee
Can an employer dismiss a pregnant employee who, before getting pregnant, had a high level of days off and was being absence managed by HR? Esther Smith and Martin Brewer advise. The question:I have an employee who has a terrible record of single days off. I am therefore at the final stage of absence procedure […]
Information overload: Taking back control
With all the documentation that funnels in and out of HR, it’s no surprise that information overload is a big issue to be tackled. Clive Lewis reports on a dynamic strategy that can help HR executives who are drowning in data. When it comes to information overload be in no doubt – we all sleep […]
Case Study: La Poste – a story of change
This is a story of change, says Domnique Bailly, director of HR Strategy Management at La Poste. “La Poste has two faces. We have public service activities with 2 million customers each day through 17,000 outlets each day in France. Then there is the industrial dimension of La Poste – we have to deliver 90 […]
Day Two: Lars Dalgaard, CEO of SuccessFactors
Every revolution needs a figurehead to lead the charge. There have been some powerful evangelical ‘rebels’ in the software industry. Oracle’s Larry Ellison was one of them, wiping out the old guard of the database industry to become the establishment of today, while Marc Benioff at Salesforce.com is emulating his old mentor by trying to […]
COA Solutions’ eBIS Wins Gold at Leading Environment Awards
UK business management and information systems provider, COA Solutions (www.coasolutions.com), has been presented with a gold award at this year’s National Green Apple Environment Awards to honour the environmental benefits of its eBIS workflow system. COA Solutions and document management subsidiary, Version One, came away with first and second place in the science and technology […]
HR is new strategic player in the boardroom!
“HR plays such a pivotal role. Now is the chance for HR to be the strategic player in the boardroom.” That was the message from SuccessFactors global vice president of product marketing Rob Bernshteyn as he kicked off his keynote on Day One of the SuccessConnect conference in Paris. “We’re in a completely different situation […]
SuccessFactors: Riding out the worst of the global economic rollercoaster
It’s a sign perhaps of the growth of the Software as a Service market that despite the economic meltdown going on all around, SuccessFactors has come to Paris to kick off its first European user gathering on the back of being able to raise its guidance to Wall Street after posting a solid set of […]
SuccessFactors expands Suite offering
As its first European user gathering kicks off in Paris, SuccessFactors has expanded its Performance and Talent Management Suite offering with the addition of Stack Ranker, a new offering which enables managers to rate and assess talent across company-defined competencies and related criteria.The tool can be used by managers to creat a visual and intuitive […]
Case Study: Arrow – on target for global Talent Management
Susan Sescilia, Manager of Global Talent Operations at Arrow Electonics, discusses the firm’s move towards a global HR and talent management strategy.“We are a distributor of electronic parts. We are a US based company expanding our footprint globally. We have talent in sales, marketing, engineering, supply chain and functional executives. We have 13,200 employees at […]
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust Improves Forecasting and Aids Service-line Reporting with COA Solutions’ Collaborative Planning
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust has gone live with Collaborative Planning, a budgeting and forecasting system from COA Solutions, to improve reporting efficiency and aid service-line reporting. This system, which is currently being rolled-out to 80 budget holders across the Trust, is providing Bedford Hospital with significant cost and time savings as well as increased financial […]