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HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 112
16 August 2005
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1. Exploding the maternity myths
2. HR Practitioner’s Diary: Ostriches and Tribunals
3. News in Brief: The week in HR – Boss’s indecent proposal
4. The Couch?! Interview revelations – from whoppers to fibs
5. Any Answers: HR access to payroll data, death in service
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Editor’s note
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A huge 440,000 women face discrimination on the grounds of their
pregnancy or motherhood each year while a further 30,000 lose
their jobs because of it. With this in mind, it’s only natural
to start questioning the effectiveness of the 25 years of
legislation that has governed this area.

We were shocked and appalled by some of the maternity horror
stories you sent in:
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144133

Please do keep them coming so we can shed further light on this
problem. Alternatively if you feel that employers have received
a bad press in relation to these issues then let us know.
Meanwhile Sandra Beale offers some great advice on how to get it
right by exploding those maternity myths:
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144068

Regards,

Annie Hayes MCIPD
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:

Active Learning & Development; Ministry of Labour and
Employment; Stepstone Solutions; Macmillan Cancer Relief;
Northgate HR; North Yorkshire County Council; Blackband
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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:

HR access to payroll data
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Don’t miss out on some excellent advice regarding data
protection and payroll handling.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144198

Pre-employment drugs and alcohol tests
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Nik Kellingley gives some sound guidance on where to draw the
line when it comes to drugs and alcohol tests for candidates.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144228

Death in service benefit
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See members’ tips on managing a death in service benefit for
employees not in a company pension scheme.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144179

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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:

Harriet Kaushal invites members to share their common
recruitment problems at:
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144214

Share your thoughts on the critical skills needed to be a
successful HR Director.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144176

Do you have a sub-contractors contract?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144191

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: Ostriches and Tribunals
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The grudge match with ‘Polar Bear’ is nearing but our HR
Consultant Sue has other issues on her mind; bogged down by the
red-tape burden she finds a lot can be learnt from our feathery
friends.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144196

News in Brief: The week in HR
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Catch up on the week in HR with our at-a-glance news round up
including HR’s failure to step up to the M&A challenge, why ACAS
management has been left red-faced, the wildcat strike grounding
BA passengers and how a boss’s indecent proposal cost him
150,000 pounds.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144249

The Couch?! Interview revelations – from whoppers to fibs
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The Couch?! Team are investigating what makes us fib when being
interviewed for a job we desperately want.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144226

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