Survey exposes divisions between HR and payroll
Tensions between HR and payroll managers are affecting the operations of a fifth of UK businesses, according to HR software house Snowdrop.The study, which questioned 345 managers found, that 61% of payroll professionals thought HR did not provide accurate information and 54% said HR did not keep them in the loop. A third of the […]
Employment law: Overtime Q & A
See our quick fire Q&A with the experts on the legalities governing overtime. Q: Some of my staff work hours over and above their contractual requirements, as I do not specifically request that they work the hours am I obliged the pay them over time?A: This would be dependent upon their contractual terms and conditions […]
Class of 2006 – will they graduate?
University lecturers’ unions have rejected the latest pay offer of 13.1% over three years. In the worst-affected institutions the class of 2006 will not graduate. Some institutions have proposed allowing students to graduate by substituting course marks for examinations and others are to have scripts marked by one examiner rather than two. But will the […]
World cup fever: a nightmare for HR?
National flags are everywhere and Wayne Rooney’s broken metatarsal never seems to be out of the news – yes, World Cup fever strikes again.But for HR practitioners the World Cup could be a nightmare scenario. In fact, the potential problems are such that the conciliation and arbitration service ACAS has published a list of FAQs […]
Age discrimination: DTI factsheets
Age discrimination is set to come into force on October 1 this year – and if the experience in the Republic of Ireland is anything to go by it’s going to have a major impact.In the ROI age discrimination now accounts for nearly a fifth of all formal discrimination claims. To help you get ready […]
Company car survey reveals shock result
Eighteen percent of vehicles used on company business are unroadworthy, according to the latest Vehicle Monitor Survey carried out by vehicle management company Total Motion. It also found a further 35% were not properly maintained. The survey covered both company and privately owned vehicles used on company business.Surveyors also checked drivers and found that six […]
Talks on working time directive shelved
Talks to secure a new opt-out deal for Britain from the Working Time Directive have been shelved after ministers failed to agree on a solution.The EU Directive ensures a 48-hour working week – but in Britain workers are able to opt out and work longer if they wish. Britain wants to hang onto the deal […]
Breaking news
To go directly to the story click on the link below: Talks on working time directive shelved Company car survey reveals shock result Age discrimination: DTI factsheets World cup fever: a nightmare for HR? Class of 2006 – will they graduate? Talks on working time directive shelved Talks to secure a new opt-out deal for […]
News in brief: workplace stress driving men to drink
To go directly to the story click on the link below: Workplace stress driving men to drink New disability discrimination code on the way Training bonus Stats show public sector most affected by strikes Chancellor calls for local pay deals Are you making the most of your temps? Stalemate on working time directive opt-out TUC […]
Book review: City Slackers: Workers of the World – You are Wasting your Time!
Title: City Slackers: Workers of the World … You are Wasting your Time!Author: Steve McKevittPublisher: Cyan Communications Ltd.ISBN: 1-904879-72-1Price: £9.99Reviewer: Angela Busby The very fact that the back of the book jacket identifies this as a Business / Humour selection should have been my first clue that this was not going to be the usual […]
Opinion: Competencies overdone
FIMC Chartered Management Consultant John Pope explains why competencies are an ineffective and reductive way of judging success; and offers his solution for an alternative system to equip companies for global business challenges. Once upon a time, long ago, when there were personnel managers, employers recruited craftsmen on the basis that they had a proper […]
HR Zone Briefing #298 – Verbal contracts, do they mean a thing?
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What’s the answer? Apprenticeships
Sandra Gowers gets legal guidance this week from Martin Brewer, a Partner with the employment team of Mills & Reeve, and Helen Badger, employment law expert at Browne Jacobson, on whether an apprentice has a case for breach of contract. The question:My nephew was offered and accepted the offer of an apprenticeship in Jan 06. […]
Company of the Week: Badenoch & Clark
Recruitment outfit, Badenoch & Clark has become an almost permanent fixture of the Times 100 Best Companies to Work For list and its range of quirky and innovative benefits and perks has contributed to the proclamation that indeed it is an employer of choice; Annie Hayes spoke to HR Director Keith Nash about why the […]
Psychometrics Spotlight: The 16PF Personality Questionnaire
In the second of a new series putting the range of psychometric tests under the spotlight we look at Raymond Cattell’s 16PF questionnaire. The 16PF® questionnaire was developed by Raymond Cattell in 1949 and it has been continually enhanced and updated. In creating the 16PF questionnaire, Cattell sought to create a tool that could capture […]
Employee incentives
Philip Fisher, Employee Benefits Partner at Chantrey Vellacott DFK, explains how to motivate staff and improve performance through incentives and rewards. Increasingly these days, employers and their advisers are coming up with complex schemes to offer incentives to employees and to minimise the employer’s tax and National Insurance Contributions.Laudable though this is, often the people […]
Member’s Tip: Contracts of Employment
Kam Bains explains the legal meaning of an employment contract and whether verbal agreements can over rule the paper document. The contract of employment in the legal sense means the totality of the terms of employment – express, implied and statutory. The paper document normally called the contract is merely indicative of those terms, but […]
Employee share schemes
Restricted eligibility criteria are preventing nearly two-thirds of employers from setting up employee share schemes, according to recent research by CCH.In an exclusive extract from his book, Employee Share Schemes, Chantrey Vellacott DFK partner, Philip Fisher, presents an introduction to the evolution of share-based remuneration in the UK, and the role the tax regime has […]
How to: Be confident in recruiting disabled workers
See these top tips from the experts on the rationale behind recruiting disabled workers, the issues and solutions and how to overcome problems. The RationaleThe ability to attract and appoint the best person for the job has to be the ultimate goal of any recruitment strategy, and with 6.8 million disabled people in the UK […]
HR Tip: Proof of drunkenness
These questions are being answered by Learn HR, a market leader in the provision of HR and payroll training and nationally-recognised professional qualifications. Q: “We believe that one of our employees turned up for work drunk one afternoon. We could not however prove it so took no action. Could we have acted differently?” A: You should […]
