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HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 145
11 April 2006
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Editor’s note
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Managing drug abuse or handling employees under suspicion of it
is tricky. Last week Jeannette McAlister was faced with this
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Key business solutions:
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Catch up on the latest answers supplied by members at Any
Answers and have your say by posting your thoughts to:
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/anyanswers

Part-time work following maternity leave
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Peter Stanway
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/whoswho/49058/584790
Discusses the implications of turning down a request for
flexible working.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/153378

Consolidating payments into basic salary
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Liz Cullen
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/whoswho/152743/780208
Heeds caution.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/153231

Teletoddler
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Lisa Hodge
www.hrzone.co.uk/whoswho/126285/461979
Mum of three is astonished by an employee request to access a
nursery webcam to watch her children while at work.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/153398

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Legal advice on HR Zone
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What’s the answer? Notice periods
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Karen Beardsley gets legal guidance this week from Helen Badger,
employment law expert at Browne Jacobson and Martin Brewer, a
Partner with the employment team of Mills & Reeve on the law
regarding notice periods.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/153307

News in Brief
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News in Brief: Employment law triggered
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Catch up on the week in HR including first raft of new
employment legislation, last call for Pensions Commission, D-day
for A-day, CIPD move Harrogate conference, pay rises sink to
three year low and mums take an average six months maternity
leave.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/153444

Can you help solve these business issues?
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Catch up with the latest questions being asked by the community
and add your answers at:

“Does TUPE apply where there is less then 12 months service?”
Asks Chris Burgess.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/153498

Managing diversity. Do you have a strategy?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/153481

Nicky Machin is looking for sources of advice on French
employment law.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/153302

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Welcome new members
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This week, HR Zone welcomes members from the following
organisations, among others, to the site:

Towers Perrin, Fareham Borough Council, Watson Wyatt, Kirklees
Met Council, Energy Centre for Sustainable Communities, Perth &
Kinross Council, NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management
Service, The HR Talent Pool, GlaxoSmithKline, Cottrills.

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