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HR Briefing Issue 305 – 20 July 2006
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Annie Hayes MCIPD
Editor
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Feature: Childcare vouchers: Are they worth it?
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Childcare vouchers are promoted as a cost effective way of improving
employee retention, but are there hidden costs? Sarah Fletcher asks
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More Features:
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Off the record: What will the smoking ban mean for our office?
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A blanket ban on lighting up at work and in other public spaces has
been proposed by the government so what should employers do in
preparation for kicking the habit? Emma Capper, Associate at Reed Smith
employment law firm reports.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/157224
Colborn’s Corner: Who wants a job?
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Quentin Colborn reports on the impact of soaring unemployment figures.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/157347
Tips and Company of the week
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Company of the week: Mills & Reeve
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Annie Hayes, HR Zone Editor spoke to Sandy Boyle, Mills & Reeve’s HR
Director about why flex is best.
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HR Tip: Notice for senior staff
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“One of our employees told his manager to “stuff his job” and went home
before normal finishing time. We took this to mean that he had resigned
with immediate effect. However the following morning he came back to
work, apologised to his boss for being rude, and said that he did not
intend to resign. We don’t want him back after this so can we safely
insist that he has left our employment?”
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/157225
Breaking News
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Follow the Japanese leader
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The TUC is recommending that UK business leaders take a leaf out of the
Japanese prime minister’s book and allow workers to dress casually
during the heatwave.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/157395
Workplace stress a low priority
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Workplace stress is a low priority for many managers, despite costing
the UK at least 3.7 billion pounds a year.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/157391
Sacked pregnant worker awarded 19k
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A worker sacked when she was seven weeks pregnant has been awarded
nearly 19,000 pounds by a tribunal.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/157263
Unemployment at highest rate for six years
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New government figures show that unemployment in May had risen to 5.4
per cent, its highest rate for six years.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/157218
Law lords make employers responsible for bullying
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Five law lords have upheld a Court of Appeal decision that makes
employers liable for bullying in the workplace.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/157217
DTI pays out over whistleblowing report
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A long-running dispute between the DTI and the charity Public Concern
at Work over whistleblowing legislation has ended with the DTI paying
compensation of more than 130,000 pounds for time-wasting.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/157143
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