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HR Briefing Issue 308 – 10 August 2006
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Editor’s Note
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From Honda’s race-finishing position bonus to HSA’s save to buy
property scheme, employers are becoming ever more inventive in
the rewards they offer to employees. And according to the CIPD
the trend towards more varied benefits looks set to expand with
voluntary and flexible benefits becoming more mainstream. This
year alone the numbers offering childcare vouchers and bicycles
will increase by 69%. In our feature of the week, I look at the
range of ‘alternative’ benefits being offered to employees –
simply scroll below to see this article.
Annie Hayes MCIPD
Editor
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Features:
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Benefits: What’s the alternative?
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Annie Hayes, HR Zone Editor reports on the range of
‘alternative’ schemes on offer in UK plc.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/employee_benefits/
HR Practitioner’s Diary: Feeling the heat
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HR consultant, Sue Kingston shares her latest HR antics
including dress-code battles during the heatwave, ways to
navigate the Investors in People assessment and coaching for the
over-50s.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/158070
Are your employee benefits cost effective?
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Can you measure the return on your benefits investment? Alan
Fergusson, Director of the Employee Benefits Division of Kudos
Independent Financial Services has the answers.
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Tips & Profiles:
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HR Tip: Jury service
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“One of our supervisors has been called up for jury service.
What are our rights in this matter as his employer?”
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/157898
Psychometrics spotlight: The Benchmarks Questionnaire
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In the latest of our series putting the range of psychometric
tests under the spotlight we look at the benchmarks
questionnaire.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/157603
Breaking News
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Landmark judgment in disability sick pay case
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An employment appeal tribunal has ruled that employers do not
have a duty to give full pay to disabled employees on long-term
sick leave.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/158163
TUC paves way for employee snooping
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The TUC has launched a new service which enables employees to
uncover facts about the company they work for.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/158107
EU signals way forward for discrimination against smokers
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The EU might be known for its keenness to pass anti-
discrimination legislation but its equality policies don’t
extend to smokers.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/158106
Employers fail to take bullying at work seriously
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A new survey shows just how widespread the problem of bullying
is.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/158018
Bullying in workplace costs bank GBP 800,000
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A high court judge ordered an GBP 817,000 pay out to a former
employee of Deutsche Bank after a campaign of bullying caused
her to have two nervous breakdowns.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/157936
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HR Executive for Bids and Transitions
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HR Services Manager
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Learning & Development Manager
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Lewisham College
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HR Business Partner
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The College of Law
Guildford
Up to 25,000 GBP + excellent benefits
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HR Manager – Entertainment
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West London
45-50,000 GBP + benefits
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