================================================================
HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 114
30 August 2005
http://www.hrzone.co.uk
================================================================
SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS ****
1. Harassment – a mountain out of a molehill?
2. HR Practitioner’s Diary: The calm before the storm
3. News in Brief: The week in HR – stress drains profits
4. The Couch?! Hanging on the telephone
5. Any Answers: lunch breaks, problem manager, DDA definitions
SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS ****
Editor’s note
=============
Turning a blind eye may be the easiest option but is it right?
Sam Swinstead is faced with a difficult situation this week. A
carer at the old peoples’ home alleges a 92 year old has sexual
harassed her. Further investigation has brought the extent of
the problem to light and found it to be more common amongst the
residents than expected. But does a crude comment or a pat on
the bottom by an elderly tenant constitute harassment and is a
mountain being made of a molehill?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144585
Regards,
Annie Hayes MCIPD
Editor
mailto:editor@hrzone.co.uk
Welcome new members
——————-
This week, HR Zone welcomes members from the following
organisations, among others, to the site:
Cornwall County Council; Renfrewshire Electronics Limited;
Swindon Borough Council; Lancashire County Council; Browne
Jacobson; The Diamond Trading Company; People Specific Ltd;
National Schools Institute; HR, Training and Development
Consultancy; Merrill Lynch; GE Healthcare; Mills & Reeve.
Any Answers Answered
====================
Catch up on the latest answers supplied by members at ‘Any
Answers’ and reflect on the issues at hand:
What constitutes a lunch break?
——————————-
Joyce Bellwood gets advice on whether a lunch break should
consist of time away from the working area.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144629
Good results – unhappy staff
—————————-
Members offer some tips on how to deal with a problem manager.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144618
DDA definitions
—————
Can sickle cell be regarded as a disability?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144639
Share your views
================
Catch-up with the latest questions being asked by the community
and add your answers at:
Should paid, compassionate leave be based on working days or
calendar days?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144766
What’s the best course of action for dealing with a manager who
has been caught listening to secret tape recordings of office
conversations?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144760
How can you ensure that staff have received, read and understood
all the company policies and procedures?
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144704
Read all the latest questions and add your own:
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/anyanswers
Members’ corner
===============
HR Practitioner’s Diary: The calm before the storm
————————————————–
Sue helps out with a damsel in distress this week and hopes her
‘frog’ will turn out to be a knight in shining armour and a dab
hand on the golf course.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144682
News in Brief: The week in HR
—————————–
Catch up on the week in HR with our at-a-glance news round up
including the rise in sickies, how stress drains profits and why
e-mail is the new tactic for bullies.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144716
The Couch?! Hanging on the telephone
————————————
Phone rage is sweeping the nation, according to a new poll. The
Couch investigates.
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/item/144717
Subscription Information
========================
HR Zone publishes a range of regular newswires, including:
– HR Zone Members Newswire
– HR Briefing
Update your subscriptions by visiting the Profile page and
selecting the “My Services” link.
https://secure.hrzone.co.uk/profile
—————————————————————-
To unsubscribe click:
http://www.hrzone.co.uk/unsubscribe
Unsubscribing can currently take up to 14 days to process.
—————————————————————-
Copyright(C)2005 HR Zone. All rights reserved.
================================================================
HR Zone, 100 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6HZ
Tel:+44 117 915 3344 Fax:+44 117 915 9630
http://www.hrzone.co.uk
================================================================
