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HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 111
9 August 2005
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1. Inappropriate calendar – sexual harassment?
2. HR Practitioner’s Diary: Playing safe?
3. Payroll Tip: Reservist training and paid time off
4. Member of the month: Brendan Sweeney
5. Any Answers: hiring RSI sufferers, van driver regulations
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Editor’s note
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Carmen Electra in a wet t-shirt isn’t what you’d expect to be
confronted with in a sober accountancy practice.

Nevertheless, this is what greets Rachel every day when she goes
to work. The owner of the FHM calendar and fervent supporter of
Miss August is an old-timer nearing retirement. So should Rachel
toe the party line and bite her lip or go down the grievance
route if a quiet word in the ear doesn’t work?

Lisa Hodge has certainly made her mind up. She would burn it!
Share your views on this potentially explosive issue and offer
Rachel some much needed advice:
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/143958

Regards,

Annie Hayes
Editor
mailto:editor@hrzone.co.uk

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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:

Ceridian; Abacus International; Bayer UK Ltd; HSBC Bank plc;
Accor Services; Charles Russell; Standard Chartered Bank; CIPD;
British Library; Croner; Hays Executive; Ministry of Defence;
Scottish Power; Rhys Jones Consultants; Queen Elizabeth NHS
Hospital; Recruitment Employment Confederation; The Test Agency

Any Answers Answered
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Catch up on the latest answers supplied by members at ‘Any
Answers’ and reflect on the issues at hand:

Employing an RSI sufferer
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Sound risk assessment advice from Jacqueline Brown.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144023

Van driver regulations
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Margaret Godding gets some pointers on Working Time and safety
considerations for van drivers.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/143934

Promotion trial
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See Nik Kellingley’s response to a question regarding the
legalities of a promise to promote following a successful trial
in post.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144001

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Share your views
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Catch-up with the latest questions being asked by the community
and add your answers at:

Can you offer Kathryn some advice on general rules for staff
handling cash on a daily basis.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/143932

Add to the debate on the best and most cost effective
personality tests.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/143977

Where do Learning & Development specialists look for jobs?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144057

Read all the latest questions and add your own:
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/anyanswers

Members’ corner
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HR Practitioner’s Diary: Playing safe?
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Sue Kingston takes hard action this week with a gambling
addicted new starter while elsewhere our HR Practitioner admits
Charles is readily becoming her Darcy.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/143939

Member of the month: Brendan Sweeney
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Congratulations Brendan for winning our member of the month gong
for your full and frank confession that as a child you actually
dreamed of being a septic tank cleaner! We hope that HR has
provided you with the opportunity to roll your sleeves up and
get stuck in too!
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/143740

Payroll Tip: Reservist training and paid time off
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Is there an obligation on employers to allow paid time off for
reservists to attend annual camp?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/143809

The Couch?! Life’s a beach
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The Couch?! would love to hear your holiday stories, good and
bad. Here are a few of our personal gripes to get you started.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144014

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