Company cars: Choice and taxation
This article will explore the options available for company cars, following on from the feature Company cars -payroll issues explained The trend to make more additional features available has added a further challenge to the driver or employer seeking to make a good choice of car. Some car manufacturers offer a wide choice of options, […]
Life Coach at Large: Going round in circles with work/life balance … continued
Draw a large circle on a blank piece of paper. Within that circle draw two further circles, so you have a small centre circle, a medium sized inner circle and a large outer ring. Separate your circle into eight segments and name them on the outside. Work, money, health, friends and family, partner, personal growth, […]
Life Coach at Large: Going round in circles with work/life balance
Life Coach, Emma Ranson Bellamy offers a quick exercise to assist with evaluating the balance of time split between work and personal pursuits. In our lives we wear many hats. I am a writer, coach, mother, daughter, sister, ex-wife, friend, networker, club member, school committee member and parent to name but a few. Each of […]
How Did I Get Here? Cathy Wilcher, HR Director, CFS…continued
HR Director of CFS Executive Cathy Wilcher reveals why she’s unsure of HR’s ability to survive against outsourcers, and how the sector’s skill set has changed. 6. Will HR survive outsourcing and changes to service delivery?That is a good question. The HR I have described above will as it operates at the very heart of […]
How Did I Get Here? Cathy Wilcher, HR Director, CFS
Former Abbey HR Director, Cathy Wilcher reveals the importance of courageous decision making and achieving what no one thought possible. 1. How strategic is your current role and what does it involve?I will be starting my new job with CFS on 18 April and joining their Executive Committee. One of the attractions to the job […]
News in Brief: Motor-mouths lose out at interview … continued
Poor health hits UK productivityOver half of managers (58%) admit to being unproductive for at least 20% of their working time due to poor health.This is according to research by the Chartered Management Institute and Workplace Health Connect.Thirty-eight per cent of managers also have difficulty concentrating due to their ill-health. But despite the findings managers […]
News in Brief: Motor-mouths lose out at interview
Catch up on the week in HR including why employers are turned off by chatter boxes, reaction to the government’s further education White Paper, PC industry leads fight to save HCI and job cuts at Learning and Skills Council sparks industrial unrest. W/C 27/3/06 Ministers turn to driving up skillsFurther education colleges must focus on […]
Comment: The DC pensions risk … continued
An overriding issue is the general lack of governance or management around DC plans. To what extent, for instance, are the problems we have considered even recognised by employers? How wide a problem is it? Are employers monitoring benefit adequacy alongside their ongoing measurement and monitoring of service providers? What segments of their workforce are […]
Comment: The DC pensions risk
Gary Smith, senior consultant at Watson Wyatt looks at whether defined contribution schemes provide the get-out clause to final salary schemes. So, you’ve closed your final salary pension scheme to new employees and perhaps set up a defined contribution (DC) plan for new joiners. At least that is the employer’s pension headache covered in the […]
HR Happy, HR Horror
HR is a bit like drinking a vat of coffee and eating an elephant’s weight in sweets – the high is a buzz of frenzied energy , but the comedown can be enough to have you curled in a ball crying at the sight of sugar. From cyber milk to left handed heroes, it’s been […]
CIPD qualification: Is it necessary?
Ben Elley, an HR Consultant at Frazer Jones, a specialist HR recruitment firm looks at the relative merits of the qualification and its role in helping HR professionals move up the career ladder. Due to the strategic and commercial development of HR, employers are frequently requesting Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) qualified candidates. […]
What’s the answer? Confidentiality – Controlling the office gossip (continued)
Martin Brewer, is a Partner with the employment team of Mills & Reeve Pauline, there is no need to ask this individual to sign a new confidentiality undertaking in order to reinforce that obligation. Every contract contains an implied confidentiality obligation on the part of the employee and, as you say, there is also an […]
What’s the answer? Confidentiality – Controlling the office gossip
Pauline Martin gets legal guidance this week from Helen Badger, employment law expert at Browne Jacobson and Martin Brewer, a Partner with the employment team of Mills & Reeve on how to stop a gossip spreading the news. We have a member of staff who has worked for the company for over 15 years. She […]
CIPD qualification: Is it necessary? … continued
How can you get qualified?You can consider an educational route that is accessible within a variety of educational centres that will offer a range of full-time, part-time and/or flexible learning courses. With HR growing in importance and popularity, there is an increasing number of universities offering CIPD-accredited courses. University graduates can achieve CIPD status by […]
Colborn’s Corner: Budgeting for success? … continued
But should fear of what might happen stop us from reviewing what we would like to do? In my experience many HR teams only review the benefits provided when an MD or similar asks questions as to why flexitime still exists or what value is gained from providing a benefit such as Private Medical Insurance. […]
Colborn’s Corner: Budgeting for success?
Gordon’s Brown’s recent budget contained a few surprises and doubtless the pundits will be pouring over the detail for some time, if only to come up with predictions as to when he changes job. But what impact does the budget have for HR and can we learn anything from an annual budgeting process? I suppose […]
HRD 2006: Why go?
It’s the largest and most influential conference in the learning and development calendar with impressive speakers including Sir Bob Geldof to boot but is it worth the bother? We invited the CIPD to persuade us. Now in its 21st year, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) annual learning and development Conference and Exhibition, […]
The Changing Role of the Trainer
The changing role of the trainer has little to do with costumes, superman or a click of the fingers; Annie Hayes spoke to Martyn Sloman, Adviser, Learning, Training and Development at the CIPD about the challenges. It is a subject that has permeated discussions at almost every level within the profession so what is happening […]
Linking Training to Business Needs: The Secrets of HMRC Revealed…continued
Read on to discover more about business strategy at HMRC, and how learning is transferred in the workplace. HR Zone Q6: How important is it that businesses train their staff?Martin: It is very important – the business is changing all the time and what we expect of managers is constantly increasing and being upgraded. We […]
Linking Training to Business Needs: The Secrets of HMRC Revealed. By Sarah Fletcher
Linda Martin, Head of Learning at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) spoke to Sarah Fletcher about HMRC’s learning and development challenges, how they measure the success of their training investment and crucially just how they tie in their training to business needs. HR Zone Q1: How has the learning and development (L&D) strategy at HM […]
