Ask the expert: Pestering and unwanted admirers
A female employee has complained to HR about another member of staff who, she claims, is pestering her with unwanted attention. Esther Smith and Martin Brewer advise on the next steps to take. The question:I have been approached by a member of staff, E, who claims that she is being pestered by a male member […]
Development centres: How to get the most from them
When HR is working its way though transition towards becoming fully strategic, development and assessment centres can play a pivotal role in helping with that change. Jan Hills discusses the advantages that these centres can bring. Assessment and development centres are not actually physical centres but events, which range from half a day to half […]
A week in HR: Income tax hike for high earners
Monday’s Pre-Budget Report included an announcement of a hike in income tax for high earners. In other news, a turkey shortage is warned as meat inspectors vote for strike action and there is a call for no further delays to the flexible working proposals. Annie Hayes reports. The big news of the week is Monday’s […]
Taking a measured approach to Christmas spirit
With a potentially explosive mix of office politics and alcohol to contend with, holding the office Christmas party can seem like a risky business. Christiana Tollast examines how employers can ensure staff behaviour does not descend into something resembling closing time at the Queen Vic. So what is the biggest […]
Caption competition: And the winner is…
November’s caption competition photo featured Russell Brand appearing on the Jonathan Ross show earlier this year. There were some very amusing entries this month, with many a chuckle raised here at HRZone.co.uk, so it was a really tough one to call. However, there could only be one winner, and that was Alan Barry. His winning […]
HR tip: Employment end date – garden leave question
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: "When does employment actually end when we give people pay in lieu of notice or put them on garden leave?" HR tip: Garden leave means that you continue to employ and pay […]
Making incentives work for improved staff performance
Motivating staff performance through incentives is a critical part of successful talent management and HR strategies. Do it well and employees are aligned with corporate objectives, benefiting the whole organisation. Mess it up, warns Bill Schuh, and you encourage behaviour that will damage your business. We are currently seeing the fallout from incentives that rewarded […]
Employee stress: Providing the required support
The current economic climate may be a huge contributor to employee stress, with stress-related illness becoming ever more apparent amongst UK workers. By offering an Employee Assistance Programme, employers can provide much-needed emotional and practical support to their staff, says Wojciech Dochan and Jeremy Campbell. A certain level of workplace absence due to illness or […]
Stack ranking works
Businesses face many scenarios where optimizing their workforce is critical to success – realigning and restructuring employees, building their strengths to take on the competition, and of course responding to changes in the business environment. Today corporate profits are shrinking, and uncertain economic conditions look as though they will continue for some time. This has […]
Managing change: Moving in a positive direction
Stuart Lindenfield explains how outplacement and transition planning play a vital role in keeping morale high and business requirements on track during large-scale organisational change. Every day we are faced with news of projects being placed on hold, businesses being restructured and announcements of merger and acquisition activity. All changes create a need for the […]
Profile: SSA winner – Enterprise Software
In the first of a series profiling the winners of the Software Satisfaction Awards, Cynthia Hammond from Softscape tells Lucie Mitchell why she thinks they won the Enterprise Software award in the HR category. Softscape is an integrated human capital management software vendor, which aims to provide solutions that enable organisations to drive business performance […]
Ask the expert: Absence management for pregnant employee
Can an employer dismiss a pregnant employee who, before getting pregnant, had a high level of days off and was being absence managed by HR? Esther Smith and Martin Brewer advise. The question:I have an employee who has a terrible record of single days off. I am therefore at the final stage of absence procedure […]
Information overload: Taking back control
With all the documentation that funnels in and out of HR, it’s no surprise that information overload is a big issue to be tackled. Clive Lewis reports on a dynamic strategy that can help HR executives who are drowning in data. When it comes to information overload be in no doubt – we all sleep […]
Case Study: La Poste – a story of change
This is a story of change, says Domnique Bailly, director of HR Strategy Management at La Poste. “La Poste has two faces. We have public service activities with 2 million customers each day through 17,000 outlets each day in France. Then there is the industrial dimension of La Poste – we have to deliver 90 […]
Day Two: Lars Dalgaard, CEO of SuccessFactors
Every revolution needs a figurehead to lead the charge. There have been some powerful evangelical ‘rebels’ in the software industry. Oracle’s Larry Ellison was one of them, wiping out the old guard of the database industry to become the establishment of today, while Marc Benioff at Salesforce.com is emulating his old mentor by trying to […]
COA Solutions’ eBIS Wins Gold at Leading Environment Awards
UK business management and information systems provider, COA Solutions (www.coasolutions.com), has been presented with a gold award at this year’s National Green Apple Environment Awards to honour the environmental benefits of its eBIS workflow system. COA Solutions and document management subsidiary, Version One, came away with first and second place in the science and technology […]
A week in HR: BT cuts lines with staff
BT’s shock announcement that thousands of jobs are to go in a bid to save costs has stirred reaction from the CIPD and pensions outfits. Elsewhere the gender pay gap is reported to be ever widening, and in news from the dock, twin sisters have scooped a multi-million pound payout for sexual and racial harassment. […]
HR is new strategic player in the boardroom!
“HR plays such a pivotal role. Now is the chance for HR to be the strategic player in the boardroom.” That was the message from SuccessFactors global vice president of product marketing Rob Bernshteyn as he kicked off his keynote on Day One of the SuccessConnect conference in Paris. “We’re in a completely different situation […]
SuccessFactors: Riding out the worst of the global economic rollercoaster
It’s a sign perhaps of the growth of the Software as a Service market that despite the economic meltdown going on all around, SuccessFactors has come to Paris to kick off its first European user gathering on the back of being able to raise its guidance to Wall Street after posting a solid set of […]
SuccessFactors expands Suite offering
As its first European user gathering kicks off in Paris, SuccessFactors has expanded its Performance and Talent Management Suite offering with the addition of Stack Ranker, a new offering which enables managers to rate and assess talent across company-defined competencies and related criteria.The tool can be used by managers to creat a visual and intuitive […]
