Pergamon Flexible Learning Launches new Training Series
Pergamon Flexible Learning, one of the UK’s leading publishers of open learning materials and trainer resources for management training, has successfully launched a new training series. The Trainer’s Workshop Series is a practical, hands-on roadmap to help companies quickly develop skills in key business areas. Each book in the series offers all the exercises, handouts, […]
Member’s Tip: Dubious sickness and DDA
Claiming anxiety, an employee takes long periods of sickness absence. She won’t discuss the issue with HR, doesn’t attend scheduled meetings and puts the phone down on her employer. Can the company fire her and avoid a challenge from the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)? Martin Schmalenbach gives his advice. To come under the Disability Discrimination […]
Off the record: What can I do to manage stress in the workplace?
Long working hours are recognised as being a cause of stress, which itself may cause or be a symptom of more serious clinical conditions, such as depression, heart conditions, high blood pressure and other problems. If not the cause of the medical condition, stress can certainly exacerbate any underlying medical problems of this nature. “Stress” […]
HR Zone Members Newswire #151 – Your Legal Questions Answered
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HR Tip: Carrying over holidays
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: “A few of our employees have told us that they were not able to take all their holiday last year and want to take it this summer. Are they entitled to do […]
Maximise Your Training Budget
When finances are strained, the training budget is often quick to get the chop. Amanda Clark, Managing Director of Optimum Training, shows how to ensure the survival of training processes through cost-effective business strategies. In today’s business environment companies demand so much more for so much less. When things are tough, one of the first […]
What happened next? Pregnant maternity cover. By Sarah Fletcher
Having waved a pregnant employee on her way to dirty nappies and sleepless nights, maternity cover is brought in. The only problem is, the baby bug has got her too. Faced with “horrified” directors, what happened next? By Sarah Fletcher Employee covering maternity leave is pregnant We have someone covering for an employee on maternity […]
E-Learning case study: Implementing a management skills project
An ‘original approach’ to e-learning was required for this management skills project dealing with higher education for early years professionals. Nik Kellingley explains his e-learning strategies and the business benefits. The European Enhancement of Early Years Management Skills (EEEYMS) Project was made possible by Leonardo funding. It began in October 2003 and will finish in […]
Avian Flu: Protecting Against a Pandemic … continued
These are difficult questions, but by considering them before a pandemic begins, companies can start to formulate plans. Ideally, these should include both high-level policy decisions and specific actions that will be taken as governed by those decisions. Your plan should be able to ‘activate’ certain processes as soon as clear triggers are met. That […]
Avian Flu: Protecting Against a Pandemic
Should businesses be preparing to protect themselves against the possibilities of a bird flu pandemic? What can be done to avoid disruption to the business? Should employers be accommodating to employees concerned about an outbreak, how seriously should they take requests to work from home? Can anything be learned from the 9/11 attack in New […]
Reviewer profile: Jo Lamb-White
Jo Lamb-WhiteJo is a self employed learning and organisational development consultant working largely in the public sector (NHS and Local Authority). She also works at an international level, within the Russian Federation. Jo provides professional business writing solutions and services for all kinds of organisations, has been commissioned as a News Editor for an International […]
Book review: How to find work when you’re over 50
Our reviewer finds this “a fairly comprehensive toolkit”, but wonders whether it specifically addresses the need of a particular age group. Is it, even, “a bit patronising”? Title: How to Find Work When You’re Over 50Author: Jackie ShermanPublisher: How To BooksISBN: 1-84528-089-9Price: £9.99Reviewer: Jo Lamb-WhiteThis book is a fairly comprehensive toolkit for those seeking work; […]
HR Zone Briefing #296 – Managing World Cup Absence
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What’s the answer? Teletoddler … continued
Helen Badger, employment law expert, Browne JacobsonWhilst it might be government policy to assist working parents this doesn’t extend to the sort of activity you are suggesting. It is of course good practice to ensure flexibility for working parents but allowing your employees to use the IT systems in this way would appear to go […]
What’s the answer? Teletoddler
Alanna King 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 to allow an employee to access a nursery web link whilst at work. The question:I have been asked by an employee to allow access […]
Organisational development: Making it work
CPCR, a European leader in organisational and leadership development, explains the differences between strategic HR management and organisational development; and reveals how it can achieve business results. Organisation development (OD) is one of the newer HR buzzwords, driven by a variety of business needs such as leadership development, change management, internal communication and manpower planning. […]
Psychometrics Spotlight: Myers-Briggs
Over the next few weeks we’ll be examining the relative merits of the range of psychometric tests on the market; this week the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is put under the spotlight. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) personality questionnaire was developed by the mother and daughter team, Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers. They based […]
How to: Control absenteeism and incentivise contact centre staff
The contact centre industry faces a major HR challenge with high levels of agent absenteeism and churn, which, given that 70 per cent of the cost of a contact centre is the staff, is posing an expensive problem for the industry; Adrian Garton, Human Resources Manager, Milton Keynes, Cork & Business Development, Merchants reports. The […]
Comment: Repositioning group income protection
Paul Avis of Employ-Mend questions whether the recent bolt ons to Group Income Protection (GIP) products are merely marketing ploys or represent a fundamental shift in the way that the benefit will be operated in the future. Having worked inside (Unum and L&G), for (three large research projects) and alongside (we provide the software and […]
Member’s Tip: Breaking into HR
HR Director Keith Luxon shares his tips on making that career move into HR. 1) Network like crazy. Don’t rely on adverts but use all your contacts shamelessly. Colleagues at your old employers who may have moved on – track them down, people you have trained or been on courses with again don’t be shy […]
