NHS is getting engaged
The NHS is getting serious about employee engagement. Michelle Smith told Charlie Duff what the organisation is doing and how it will achieve its engagement goals. The NHS is one of the best loved – yet most criticised – institutions in the UK. The organisation is responsible for the health of the entire UK population. […]
HR tip: Change of conditions
These questions are being answered by Learn HR, a market leader in the provision of HR and payroll training and nationally-recognised professional qualifications. Question: If we change one of someone’s terms and conditions of employment, do we have to confirm it in writing or is the fact that he starts to work under the new term […]
Legal update: Third party disability discrimination
Recently an employee took her employer to tribunal after claiming that she was discriminated against, not for herself but on the basis of her son’s disability. Richard White, specialist employment solicitor at Withy King considers this case further. Although disability discrimination in the work place is often highlighted in the news and is an issue […]
Pre-budget report: have salary sacrifice canteens had their chips?
Salary sacrifice schemes have been popular in recent years, proving a godsend for working families by providing creches or childcare vouchers and hungry workers with workforce canteens provided by the schemes. However the pre budget report’s attack on salary sacrifice workplace canteens may hint at a sea change for tax status over salary sacrifice. Aside […]
Employing disabled people
The subject of employing disabled people is one that is likely to raise a number of concerns amongst employers. Unfortunately, most of these concerns are based on misinformation and prejudice. Jane Hatton, Managing Director of specialist training company The Diversity People (and who has herself become disabled) helps to put the record straight. Recruiting and […]
Pre budget bonus? Not this year, Darling
A pre-budget report before an election might usually be a giveaway but with huge public borrowing and a gloomy economy, Alistair Darling's good news was severely curtailed. This year's pre budget report was bound to be a balancing act: with a serious economic situation and an election just around the corner, the delicate balance became […]
Working through the floods – employee engagement in action
Newbalance is the only sportswear brand still manufacturing trainers in the UK. When the floods hit in Cumbria the highly engaged workforce pulled together to keep the factory open and support the local area, as their HR Director, Paul Kennedy explains. Manufacturing in the United Kingdom is a tough business and the challenge to remain […]
Ask the expert: Family business in breach of equal opportunities?
Is this small family business breaching equal opportunity legislation by employing family members automatically? Matthew Whelan and Ester Smith advise. The question: A small family business (circa 8 staff) employs predominantly family members. The business’s objective is primarily to provide jobs/earning capability for family. Business does employ non family members and does not […]
Colborn’s Corner: Mistletoe and whine – the office Christmas party
This month Quentin muses on personal responsibility when it comes to behaviour at the office Christmas party. Should HR even get involved? It’s that time of year again. For many it is a religious celebration of great significance, for others it’s an excuse for a series of parties and seemingly endless expenditure, which, like the […]
Engagement key to success – tips from David MacLeod
Improve employee engagement levels, communicate more effectively within the business and help your organisation stand out, all in just in a few weeks – according to David MacLeod, small changes now can make a big difference in 2010. The co-author of ‘Engaging for Success’ gives his tips on leading your organisation into the next decade. […]
HR tip: Christmas overtime rates?
These questions are being answered by Learn HR, a market leader in the provision of HR and payroll training and nationally-recognised professional qualifications. Question: What rates of overtime are payable for working on Christmas Day and Boxing Day? Reply: Unless you are subject to some form of collective agreement that determines these matters, the matter is […]
It’s never too late to learn informally
Julie Bellinger, Employee Affairs, Change and Learning & Development Manager at Ford Motor Company’s Dagenham Engine Plant, urges all employers to sit up and take notice of the value that informal adult learning (IAL) brings to businesses of all sizes. The Learning RevolutionIn March 2009, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) launched The […]
TODAY: Join us online at the first Business Cloud Summit
On 2 December 2009, Sift Media, the publisher of HRzone.co.uk, is hosting the UK’s first Business Cloud Summit which will feature contributions and thought leadership from the great and the good of the Cloud Computing industry. We will be providing live coverage of the event from 8:50am which you can follow below. The Twitter hashtag […]
Business Cloud Summit: HR director highlights HR Cloud applications
A panel of three very different businesses spoke about their implementation of Cloud applications for business critical processes, including a human resources director. During the morning session at today’s Business Cloud Summit in London, a panel made up of representatives from three businesses spoke about how they’ve taken to the Cloud to run a variety […]
The whole bunch of carrots: what is an employee value proposition?
Dr Anton Franckeiss explains Employment Value Proposition, how to strengthen yours and why you should always keep your promises. An Employment Value Proposition (EVP) defines what an employee receives from their employer in return for the effort and performance they give. In a nutshell, the EVP is the ‘what’s in it for me?’ as […]
Business Cloud Summit: Cloud must win hearts and minds of staff
Your own staff could represent the biggest obstacle to adoption of Cloud technologies according to a panel of experts at the Business Cloud Summit. Employees represent one of the biggest obstacles to Cloud technology adoption according to a panel of experts speaking at the Business Cloud Summit. The panel, which included Paul Cheesborough, CIO of […]
Business Cloud Summit: Human adoption critical to Cloud deployment
Nucleus Research’s Rebecca Wettemann emphasised the human role in Cloud Computing success as she addressed the Summit. Cloud Computing presents a massive opportunity to organisations, but those that fail to take into account the human role in Cloud deployment could fall at the first hurdle. That was the message from Rebecca Wettemann, VP of research at […]
HRzone’s Christmas giveaway
This Christmas HRzone is giving away some great prizes for members with our ‘hunt the robin’ game. This Christmas, beginning this week, HRzone will be holding several competitions for our members. The trick will be to keep a beady eye out for our cheeky robin wishing you a Happy Christmas. He looks like the one […]
Managing people in 2009
We’re looking back over the year here at HRzone and it’s safe to say the recession has had a tremendous effect on business and how we manage people. Some of the most popular articles on HRzone this year have been to do with motivating in the recession. In many ways HR has had to work […]
Ask the expert: Ex-employee still haunts us
This week a troublesome ex-employee is still causing issues. How should they be handled? The question: I have an ex employee who is now requesting a copy of their signed contract of employment. The employee left the company on bad terms. Their contract was terminated within their first year of employment for […]
