HR tip: Helping redundant employees
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: "How can I help redundant employees without spending a lot of money?" HR Tip: First you could do your best to put them in touch with local vacancies by contacting the JobCentre, staff agencies, […]
Releasing hidden talents
It is vital to ensure potential talent in your organisation does not go to waste. Jim Fischer discusses the benefits of identifying and releasing talent in the workplace. One cannot help admire the people who appear on TV shows such as The Apprentice and Dragons Den. They demonstrate up front an enormous range of business […]
Managers stress importance of political skills
Political skills are increasingly being seen as vital to career success, but many managers admit they have room for improvement when it comes to influencing others.A study by the Chartered Management Institute and Warwick Business School found that most individuals believe the political skills that build alliances will grow in importance in the next five […]
Working week even more of a slog
Employees are spending half a day more at work than five years ago, according to new research.The findings, released today by employment law firm Peninsula, also showed that the working week is one day longer than it was a decade ago, while men are working longer hours than women.The research found that 36 per cent […]
Chancing in the moonlight
Employers are still in the dark about the extent to which staff moonlight, with nearly a third of Brits admitting they have more than one job – and it’s not all about wages.Around 7 per cent of 1,400 workers surveyed by personal finance specialist The Motley Fool have two jobs on top of their main […]
Holiday blues trigger resignation thoughts
Holidaymakers are turning into budding entrepreneurs as melancholy thoughts of returning to the UK springboard business ideas into action, fuelling resignation plans.Nearly half of jetsetters polled by The Franchise Group said they would think about handing in their notice back home and 67 per cent would set up their own business given the chance.Peter Finley, […]
Applause for first minimum-wage clampdown
News of a children’s nursery owner being fined for flouting the national minimum wage laws, in the first criminal prosecution of this kind, is being welcomed by unions.Reported by the Financial Times, Teresa Aguda of Rascals Day Nursery, in Walthmastow, East London was fined £2,500 after she admitted obstructing HM Revenue and Customs officials from […]
Awards to recognise stress management
A new national competition has been launched to find the UK’s most stress-free companies. The National Stress Management Awards will publicly recognise those companies with effective stress management policies that make a real difference to staff. Launched by The Stress Management Society, the awards are open to all UK companies in the public and private […]
Competition bites team spirit
Almost half of all workers believe that competition amongst co-workers is responsible for destroying team spirit.Over a third of employees surveyed on behalf of Investors in People, the development standard claim they work with colleagues who are very or fairly competitive in the workplace whilst a quarter admitted that they actually find themselves competing with […]
HR fails to push ‘green’ transport
A whopping 70 per cent of HR professionals admit that their organisation could do more to encourage employees to reduce the environmental impact on their travel arrangements. The findings are highlighted in the latest quarterly CIPD/KPMG labour market outlook survey which shows that whilst bosses are paying more than lip-service to recycling and energy issues, […]
Tips for the top: Getting the most from executive coaching. By Matt Henkes
Executive coaching is beginning to be seen as less of a solution to a problem and more of a tool to help people realise their full potential. With increasing numbers of top-level executives having tried and benefited from it, Matt Henkes looks at how its effectiveness can be measured. It wasn’t too long ago that […]
Spotlight: John Roberts, HR director, Ford Retail. By Lucie Benson
In a return to our series shining the spotlight on HR directors working in a number of sectors, Lucie Benson talks to John Roberts, HR director at Ford Retail, about how his experiences working for some great companies over the years is driving him to ensure his current organisation is a success. Vital stats: Company: […]
Sexual harassment predator to men and women
Men as well as women are victims of sexual harassment and the problem is no laughing matter, warns a leading business director.Peter-Jon Chalmers, director of Empire HR made the comments in light of the Fair Treatment at Work survey by the Department for Trade and Industry which found that the incidence of sexual harassment was […]
Ask the expert: Special sick policy
This week, Esther Smith, partner at Thomas Eggar, and Anna Youngs, solicitor at Mills & Reeve, discuss the risks involved in setting up a different sick policy for an individual member of staff. The question:We have a member of staff who is currently a sessional worker (only employed for odd hours). In the past he […]
Soaring City bonuses sparks outrage
Bonuses for city workers have increased by a huge 30 per cent to a record £14bn this year.Reported by The Guardian the rise is twice as big as 2006 and, say the paper, is likely to exacerbate the widening gap between executive and shop-floor pay.Analysis by The Guardian of preliminary data from the Office for […]
Anti-bullying policies: What you need to know
Barrister Charles Price discusses what you need to be aware of when creating an anti-bullying and harassment policy. What the policy is designed to stopThere is no specific UK legislation to protect those who may be suffering, or have suffered, from bullying or vindictive behaviour at work. This does not mean they have no legal […]
US job hunters targeted in Monster.com blackmail hack
Monster, the world’s largest recruitment website, was left reeling this week when thousands of US jobseekers were targeted in a sophisticated phishing blackmail scam.American users who had registered with the site received emails last week inviting them to download a Job Seeker Tool from Monster. What they got was a Trojan horse virus that encrypted […]
Breastfeeding Mayor wins damages
A mayor, who was forced to travel separately from the civic limousine afforded to her position for official engagements, has been awarded damages from the council that banned her from breastfeeding in the car.Reported by the Times, Dr Pauleen Lane successfully sued Trafford Council in Greater Manchester for sexual discrimination, claiming that she would not […]
Earnings soar as demand for HR interims reaches new high
HR interim managers are enjoying boosted earnings as demand for their services peaks.According to a new survey, HR and finance interim managers are seeing the most demand for their services in a market that is seeing demand outstrip supply.Interims are also being paid record daily rates, which have reached an average of £585, up 5.4 […]
Training and development top priority for graduates
Graduates rank training and development over salary when selecting their first employer, a new survey claims.The online poll for Ernst & Young, which registered over 1,000 votes, found that that nearly half (44 per cent) of graduates view a company’s provision of training and development as the most important consideration when weighing up a potential […]