IT professionals in over 160 countries to accelerate their careers with British Computer Society and Pearson VUE partnership
IT professionals across the globe can now accelerate their careers in over 160 countries thanks to a new partnership between the British Computer Society (BCS) and Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.co.uk), a specialist provider of Computer-Based Testing (CBT) solutions. By helping BCS lead and build the IT professionalism agenda, Pearson VUE will deliver electronic tests to thousands […]
Registration open for ‘Best Companies’ awards
Organisations can now register to take part in the ‘Best Companies Accreditation’ and ‘The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For’ competition.According to Best Companies, its Accreditation awards is regarded as a benchmark of workplace engagement and the ‘Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For’ Competition is now an institution in its own right.The ‘Best […]
Should HR managers care about employee health?
The fourth article in her series exploring the findings of the five components of the Adecco Institute's 'Demographic Fitness Survey', [PDF] sees Donna Murphy discussing how much involvement HR professionals should have in health management at work. Until now, managing an employee's personal health has been the concern of the employee and their health advisors, […]
HR tip: Continuity of employment and length of service
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: "Three years ago an employee, who at that time had 10 years' service, left us one Friday to go to a seemingly better job. This did not work out so he returned […]
Colborn’s Corner: Poaching staff
The recent High Court victory for UBS in restraining a competitor from poaching members of staff brings back into the limelight the issues of both stopping staff being poached and encouraging them to stay. Quentin Colborn discusses how much HR teams can influence matters. At first glance, a High Court case involving multi-national finance businesses […]
Official statistics confirm job prospects are on the slide
Data released from the Office of National Statistics show the jobless count to be up; while the CIPD warn that the worst is yet to come.The claimant count measure of unemployment rose by 20,100 in July, reaching 864,700. The unemployment rate is now 1.67 million. This is the largest increase in a single month since […]
Sex-pest case exposes legal foul-up
Peninsula employment law service has been criticised for failing to put a ‘gagging’ order on a sexual harassment claimant; the case highlights the need for confidentiality.Nicholas Ellis, a beauty salon boss, admitted sexual harassment of former employee Sarah Whitefoot in a £10,000 out of court settlement.Employment law specialists, mhl support, claim rival firm Peninsula is […]
The boys are back in town: Men in HR
The HR role has traditionally been seen as dominated by women but Louise Druce believes you shouldn’t let appearances deceive you. When you talk about gender balance, the emphasis tends to be on equal rights and more career development for women in the workplace. However, HR has always been perceived as being dominated by women, […]
Stress at work: Ignore at your peril
Work-related stress regularly tops the charts when the root causes of sickness absence are identified, and in the current economic slowdown, many employees are expected to work harder and longer for less. Tim Holden reveals the true cost of stress on your employees. In the UK, over 13 million working days are lost every year […]
Acas staff in strike vote over pay
Union members working for the conciliation service Acas have begun a ballot for strike action in a dispute over pay.The dispute concerns delayed pay settlements. Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) are angered that despite increases that were scheduled for 1 August, negotiations haven’t even begun. According to PCS, this year’s delay […]
What management want: Raising the contribution of HR
Outsourcing of HR is a topic that is likely to feature increasingly as the economic climate gets tougher. Can you justify the existence of your HR department? Can you show your contribution? Can you raise your contribution? Harvey Bennett has some answers. In the film What Women Want, Mel Gibson plays the part of a […]
Ask the expert: Data protection
Is an organisation falling foul of the law if it stores staff training records on a shared drive accessed by most of the office? Esther Smith, partner at Thomas Eggar, and Helen Elliott, solicitor at Mills & Reeve, advise. The question:In my new job, the company have a ‘shared drive’, which can be accessed by […]
How can you measure success?
As the best companies to work for tend to have a better return on investment, what does this mean HR should do with regards to measuring the value of their policies? Jan Hills discusses measuring success in your organisation. There has been much debate about the measures HR should be using to demonstrate whether their […]
Rogue employers target migrant women
Female migrant workers are the most likely group to be paid less than the national minimum wage (NMW), according to new research.The study, commissioned by the TUC’s (Trades Union Congress) Commission on Vulnerable Employment, revealed that 35,000 women are denied the NMW, which currently stands at £5.52 payable to workers over 22 years. Overall women […]
Employer fined £120k for lack of consultation
Union members working for former Swindon printing firm Centrabell Limited, which formerly traded as Tekprint, have won an employment tribunal claim to the tune of £120,000 for failure to consult over proposed redundancies.According to union Unite, on June of last year staff at the printing firm were called together and told that the business was […]
Redundancy gloom as employment prospects weaken
Yet another survey is predicting redundancy misery for thousands of workers as recruitment activity falls.The latest quarterly Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and KPMG Labour Market Outlook (LMO) survey shows employment prospects are weaker that at any time since the survey began four years ago.Although the survey finds that more than one in […]
Interims: Try before you buy
Anne Beitel explains why being an interim manager is such an attractive offering to so many highly-skilled people, and provides insight into why they are increasingly willing to then take on permanent, employed positions. A new pool of high quality executive talent has made itself available to the harassed recruitment director, as 57% of practicing […]
Time for a fresh look at CVs
Times have changed and the internet is now redefining the role of the CV in the recruitment process, argues Karl Gregory. For more than 50 years, the CV has been the standard way for most professional people to promote themselves when applying for a job. But in the digital age is the CV, in its […]
HR tip: Sexual harassment claim from ex-employee
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: "A woman who recently left our employment has now written to complain that, during her time with us, her boss sexually harassed her. As she has left, do we need to do […]
The danger of underestimating your fellow managers
We often rely on deep-rooted and often unsubstantiated opinions and perceptions of individuals and groups. David Pardey emphasises the importance of understanding your fellow managers and argues that the most successful managers approach new situations and opportunities with an open mind. All too often we, as both managers and individuals, are guilty of underestimating the […]
