Ten top tips: Working from home
The number of remote workers has soared in recent times, which presents challenges for both the employer and employee. Russell Evans has some top tips on how to ensure home working adds value and increases business performance. Increasingly more organisations are offering their employees the opporunity to work from home, as a means of reducing […]
It’s about a sticky floor, not a glass ceiling
Gender discrimination is holding women back from the very start of their careers, long before they reach the supposed ‘glass ceiling’, says Mary-Rose Lines, who explains what HR can do to help women progress. What caused the war for talent? Many things including demographic changes, globalisation, skills shortages and increased competition. Have any of […]
HR tip: Closure of canteen
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Views on HR news: Engagement and productivity
Jon Ingham trawls the net to provide his round-up of the great and the good of HR thought and opinion, so you don’t have to. This month, he reviews posts on employee engagement and workforce productivity. My favourite posts this month have focused on employee engagement and productivity. Engagement Did you […]
Twelve creative routes to talent engagement
Having a low level of employee engagement in your organisation is a crime, says Andrew Leigh, who explains how to uncover high levels of talent engagement in the workplace. Talent engagement goes beyond the basics of talent management. It deals with the two essential questions: What does this person need to make a […]
Making mergers work: People are the strategic imperative
Anton Franckeiss explains how employees can be strategic in a merger and acquisition, how they are impacted by it and the importance of an effective HR policy throughout the period. Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are motivated by a myriad of factors, but they are usually intended to provide an increased scale of operations, resources and […]
Jobpartners: ActiveRecruiter v8 “inspired by customers”
User feedback provides the basis for the eighth version of the talent management software. Jon Wilcox speaks with Jobpartners’ Richard Doherty about the update. Talent management software provider Jobpartners has unveiled ActiveRecruiter v8, now available to its existing customer base. The latest revision of the product features a number of improvements such as the […]
Parents to share maternity leave, says Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown has announced that the government will go ahead with plans to allow parents to ‘split’ maternity leave after six months. The prime minister outlined the proposals, which were put on hold by Lord Mandelson earlier this year, at the TUC conference in Liverpool today. Under the new scheme, mothers will be able to […]
Age discrimination in the media: Strictly unlawful?
The BBC has faced considerable criticism recently following allegations of age and sex discrimination, particularly in relation to Radio One and the popular television series, Strictly Come Dancing. Carly Mathers explains. There have been some recent allegations of age and sex discrimination at the BBC, the most prominent of which stem […]
Facebook proves employment goldmine for bank
The use of social networks in business continues to prove popular, after it emerged Japanese bank Nomura utilised Facebook to recruit former graduate trainees of failed investment bank, Lehman Brothers. It’s claimed up to 60% of Lehman’s trainee graduates were hired by Nomura, following the Japanese bank’s use of Facebook to identify potential candidates. Last […]
Legislation update: Continuity of employment with a company in administration
Richard White considers a recent appeal in which an employee challenged the decision not to allow him to claim for unfair dismissal after his employer went into administration. In recent months, there have been many reports of companies going into administration. Employees can suddenly find themselves unemployed with no comeback, as they are deemed not […]
Workplace wellbeing: Alternative rules of engagement
Jeff Archer explains how wellbeing initiatives can be used in a variety of ways across all levels of a business to engage and motivate the whole workforce. When you’ve exhausted traditional methods of engaging staff, and employees have become immune to all the latest exciting initiatives you’ve introduced to help raise performance, how can you inject […]
Seize the moment: Embrace change and strengthen HR
Dan Ferrandino discusses why the current tough trading conditions present an ideal opportunity to embrace change and reinforce the business relevance of the HR function. 2009 will go down as a year of unprecedented change – from a new political agenda in the US to the global economic crisis. As Barack Obama said: "The world […]
Ask the expert: TUPE and offers of employment
Adam Partington and Esther Smith advise on whether a GP is protected under TUPE after the GP moved to another practice, which had then been transferred to a new employer. The question My question regards Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) protection for a GP. This GP has recently been made an offer of […]
SuccessFactors unveils new business execution software
SaaS-based HR vendor unveils BizX software suite, part of a strategy to help customers attain excellence in execution. Jon Wilcox reports. Software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendor SuccessFactors has unveiled a new strategy to help improve business execution, described by the company as "the biggest problem in business today". The Business Execution Software (BizX) strategy is made up […]
Your printer and you
Take part in our simple survey, and let us know what you think of your printer. As regular HRzone.co.uk members will have recently read, the paperless office remains the Holy Grail for companies. Physical documents are still with us, and so are the devices that produce them. With that in mind, Sift Media, the publisher […]
Mandatory retirement: The case against
The default retirement age is simply not needed, says Chris Ball, who shares his thoughts on why scrapping mandatory retirement can be extremely beneficial to organisations. The case for or against mandatory retirement is not just an HR issue. It involves the individual worker and the national and international economy as […]
How to celebrate success when there isn’t any
It’s always easy to celebrate the good times, but what happens when the results aren’t so great? Claire Logan outlines some of the options available to reward and recognise in challenging times. It has been accepted wisdom for many years that the culture of an organisation can affect its performance. Throughout the late 80s […]
HR tip: Children at work on weekends
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: Some of our employees come in on Saturdays to catch up with their work and I have noticed that some of them bring their children with them. I have taken up this […]
Success in a recession: Is talent really that important?
Research shows that it is determination and knowing what to do with the talent you have which really count. So Blaire Palmer asks, should we be placing ‘talent’ further down the list of priorities? Most of us are in the business of developing talent. And yet, how much do we really know about what talent […]