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HR Briefing Issue 258
11 August 2005
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1. Editor’s Comment: Why is HR always the first to go?
2. CSR and beyond: Banging the drum?
3. Age: The new discrimination
4. HR Business Partnering – What does it really mean?
5. How Did I Get Here? Head of HR at Macmillan Cancer Relief
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Editor’s note
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HR is haemorrhaging headcount everywhere you look from the BBC
to IT giant HP. Endless efficiency initiatives including
outsourcing and cutbacks has been a further knife in the back of
the function.

I asked several key spokespersons their views; many told me that
HR will survive but only if they are prepared to change and show
their worth by adding value.

So like a chameleon, it looks like it is time for HR to adapt to
its new surroundings. Shirley Dalziel, director of develop uk
offers some tips on how to get from A to B in HR Business
Partnering – What does it really mean?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144026

Regards,

Annie Hayes MCIPD
Editor
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Editor’s Comment: Why is HR always the first to go?
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The BBC, Asda and HP have recently shed or announced cut backs
within their HR departments; Editor’s Comment looks at the long
suffering of HR and ponders why they are always the first to go.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/143979

CSR and beyond: Banging the drum?
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Recent events in the Capital have come as a salutary reminder
that the ‘community’ element of CSR is also a crucial part of
the mix.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/143855

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Opinions & Comment
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Age: The new discrimination
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Discrimination on the basis of how many or how few furrows you
have on your brow will soon wind bosses up in the dock.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144021

HR Business Partnering – What does it really mean?
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Is it just a change of name, or is it really a different role?
These Frequently Asked Questions, should help you decide.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144026

Diversity at Accenture: Daring to be different
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Sam Clark, Accenture’s Head of Diversity for the UK & Ireland
looks at the diversity issue and explains why she believes HR
Directors need to take the next step towards changing
behaviours.
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Community
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How Did I Get Here? Head of HR at Macmillan Cancer Relief
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For many organisations the mantra ‘people are our greatest
asset’ is no more than a hollow PR gambit but not so for the
voluntary sector who rely heavily on the staff that have opted
for the third way; Head of HR Tracey Huckfield talks about how
Macmillan Cancer Relief use HR practices to get ahead.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/143885

HR Tip: Recouping training costs
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All new recruits are sent on an expensive, externally run
training course designed to give them the specialist, technical
skills required for their work. Unfortunately, we have recently
lost some staff to a competitor that does not pay for training.
Can we deduct the cost of training from their final pay?
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