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HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 102
7 June 2005
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1. Editor’s Comment: Plastic – fantastic?
2. Colborn’s Corner – Disciplinary dilemmas divulged
3. HDIGH? Mary Canavan, HR Director, British Library
4. Competition: HR tees off at the Open Golf Championship
5. Any Answers: Commitment and intention
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Editor’s note
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If you’re a golfing enthusiast then our latest competition is
not to be missed. HRZone is delighted to offer members an
exclusive opportunity to win a pair of tickets to the final day
of this year’s Open Golf Championship being held on 17 July.
To enter click here: http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/141886
Elsewhere this week, I explore the lengths women will go to in
order to gain promotion – in ‘Plastic Fantastic’ we discover
those who’d happily botox and collagen their way to the top.
Is cosmetic surgery the answer? Share your views at:
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/141783
Regards,
Annie Hayes
Editor
mailto:editor@hrzone.co.uk
Welcome new members
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This week, HR Zone welcomes members from the following
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Stress Management Society; Lomond HR Services; Norton Rose; The
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Opinion:
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Editor’s Comment: Plastic – fantastic?
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A quarter of women would pump their lips with collagen and botox
their way to a furrow free brow if it meant promotion.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/141783
Feature: Training Evaluation Part 3 – When and how to evaluate
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In the third of four articles in this series, Martin
Schmalenbach looks at when and when not to evaluate.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/140577
Colborn’s Corner – Disciplinary dilemmas divulged
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Quentin Colborn looks at two eye-opening encounters one of which
involved an employee with an embarrassing body odour problem.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/141686
Presenteeism and stress – the new epidemic?
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Pressure to reduce absence has increased demands on a workforce
already working longer hours than their colleagues in the rest
of the EU.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/141435
News In Brief
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The week in HR
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Latest news including Britain’s battle to keep the opt-out,
National Insurance rate hike rumour, eBay productivity sap and
cosmetic surgery promotion solutions.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/141790
Community
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How Did I Get Here? Mary Canavan, HR Director, British Library
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Mary began her career with a plan in mind and stuck to it driven
by a goal to make it to the top – here’s how she did it.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/141590
Competition: HR tees off at the Open Golf Championship
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An exclusive opportunity to enter into a prize draw to win a
pair of tickets to the final day of this year’s Championship, on
the 17th July.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/141886
Vox Pop: Meeting of minds – the future of web-conferencing
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Will web-conferencing cut it in the future?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/141791
Featured Any Answers question: Commitment and intention
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Q: Is a verbal agreement to a promotion binding?
– Matthew Nicholls
Find out the answer to this at:
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/141766
Catch-up with the latest questions being asked by the community:
Any Answers
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Desk Tidy: Policy, responsibility and reinforcement – can you
offer Kay some advice?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/141816
What ever happened to ‘You’re fired?!’
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/141751
Best practice: In a clean environment like a hospital, how long
should it be before you allow a sick employee back to work?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/141768
Read all the latest questions and add your own:
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/anyanswers
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