Legal advice: fighting at the Christmas party
Layla Bunni is a senior associate, specialising in employment law at Starr & Partners LLP. She advises on a wide range of both contentious and non-contentious employment issues. Her legal advice column continues: this month an office Christmas party has turned into a brawl. What action should be taken? It’s that time of year again, and […]
Here’s what makes an interviewer a professional
Recruitment interviews are pivotal in the candidate selection process and play a crucial part in the assessment of professional expertise and social skills. But having a goal-oriented conversation, understanding the requirements of a position, bringing this into the interview and extracting the maximum of relevant information needed for making a good choice, is a challenging […]
Future of HR: Employee experience – HR’s new mandate
In this series I take a look at the future of HR, not through predicting the next structure HR will adopt or giving you demographic trends but through applying a greater understanding of how our brain works and what that application may mean for how HR help organisations achieve greater performance through their people. In the […]
Future of HR: Creating simplicity to deal with complexity
In this series I take a look at the future of HR, not through predicting the next structure HR will adopt or giving you demographic trends but through applying a greater understanding of how our brain works and what that application may mean for how HR help organisations achieve greater performance through their people. Creating simplicity […]
Older workers: what do they offer & need?
There’s so much rich insight coming out of the academic sector that HR professionals need to know. At Academics’ Corner we feature the best HR researchers that tell you what they’ve found and what you need to do differently on the back of the research. Get connected to the academic sector through Academics’ Corner and […]
Future of HR: The impact of technology on thinking
In this series I take a look at the future of HR, not through predicting the next structure HR will adopt or giving you demographic trends but through applying a greater understanding of how our brain works and what that application may mean for how HR help organisations achieve greater performance through their people. Does work […]
Can an employee’s contract of employment be changed once signed?
It is not unusual for a change to employees’ terms and conditions to present itself in an employment relationship. These changes can arise due to a number of reasons, for example, an employer may wish to reorganise their business structure or workforce so that it is more economically efficient. When an employer finds themselves in […]
Will Zuckerberg’s move shake up paternity culture?
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook recently announced he is taking two months paternity leave. His move has been met with much praise, especially in the States, where neither paid maternity or paternity leave is a legal requirement. What’s happening in the world of paternity leave? Are big brand digital companies, such as Facebook, leading the way in […]
Your questions on proactive wellbeing answered
HR professionals looking to improve the wellbeing of their staff attended one of our webinars on prevention, intervention and protection and learned from our expert panel the best strategies for long-term improvement. Some questions didn’t get answered in the timeframe. Take a look below or check out the on-demand version of the webinar and get […]
Three ways best employers show their people they are valued
Top performing organisations strive for employee engagement excellence as they know they’ll be more productive, grow faster and innovate more. They develop thriving cultures and winning people practices that propel them into the upper quartile of engaging employers. But how exactly do they do this? People Insight supports hundreds of the UK’s top organisations measure […]
Time to zoom in to the future of learning?
I’m known to the readers of HRZone through my column on all things social (media) and so I’m using space to both update my status and also give a little glimpse into the future – something I’m a little bit obsessed with. The update… As Director – People & Learning at Media Zoo I’m now part […]
Can an employer dismiss an employee who is off sick?
Despite the fact that having an employee who is on long-term sickness leave can be challenging on business resources, there are certain protocols every employer should follow when deciding whether an employee should be dismissed. It is best practice for an employer to stay in contact with an employee who is off work on long […]
Standardisation is creating a massive talent hotbed
The standardised work we are all so familiar with as being a cornerstone of a Lean philosophy does not produce quality, reliability and repeatability, it generates world class skill and the basis of a talent hot bed. Read this article to understand the process of world class skill generation and give standardisation a meaning. I […]
“Talent is one ingredient in how success happens.”
This is an interview with Matthew Syed, who is the former top-ranked table tennis player in England: since retiring he has been on a mission to challenge the commonly-held assumption that talent is fixed and innate and that it is the only variable in whether we succeed or not. He has written two books around […]
Apprenticeship levy: how to get the most out of it
The Government has been very vocal in its support for apprenticeships. Over the next five years, it has promised that a further three million will be created. Moreover, new trailblazer qualifications are being introduced to increase apprenticeships’ rigour and their relevance to employers’ needs. However laudable these goals, they create a tension, particularly at a time […]
Let’s bury the ‘human remains’ stigma and build HR’s future
“We can’t build a profession from people who say they ended up in HR,” said Peter Cheese, the CEO of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). A year on from his keynote speech at the 2014 CIPD conference, does the stigma of working in ‘human remains’ still exist? HR’s existential crisis has been […]
These words help people develop growth mindsets
A lot has been written on the power of developing growth mindsets and why it is important for both personal satisfaction, long-term confidence and business performance. The concept of a growth mindset was developed by psychologist Carol Dweck in her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. According to Dweck, a mindset is a self-perception or […]
It’s time the Chancellor stops meddling in pensions
Talk to anyone about pensions and you’re likely to be met with a head shake and a response of ‘I can’t keep track of it’. Those within the industry are struggling to cope with the recent pension freedom reforms and the Chancellor has signalled he is keen to implement more ‘radical changes’ such as removing […]
What are the regulations regarding annual leave entitlement?
Every worker is entitled a period of paid annual leave under the Working Time Regulations 1998. Annual leave starts to accrue from the beginning of the employment contract and continues to accrue throughout its duration. Even employees working their notice period continue to accumulate their annual leave entitlement. Statutory entitlement The statutory holiday entitlement for […]
How to create flexible working arragements for older workers
The ageing workforce constitutes one of the most influential contemporary labour market trends. Falling birth rates and increasing lifespans mean that fewer younger workers are entering the labour market and older worker numbers are growing. Older workers are aged between 50 and State Pension Age (SPA), although this definition is broadening as, with the removal […]