How Did I Get Here? Massimo Macarti, HR Director, Canon Europe
HR Director of Canon Europe Massimo Macarti talks about achieving credibility through business expertise, and why his career history gives inspiration to his staff. 1. How strategic is your current role and what does it involve? As chief of HR for Canon Europe and covering the Middle East and Africa, strategy is highly involved. I’m […]
News in Brief: Businesses bemoan pay hikes
Other news:Businesses bemoan pay hikes Business groups have hit out at new rises to the minimum wage claiming employers will struggle to cope with the costs and be forced to slash jobs. Lobbyists were responding to the government’s announcement this week that the adult minimum wage rate will increase from £5.05 to £5.35 an hour […]
What’s the answer? Employee charged with a crime … continued
Guy Guinan is an employment partner at Halliwells law firm.The ACAS guidance states that an employee should not be dismissed or otherwise disciplined merely because he or she has been charged with or convicted of a criminal offence. However it does recognise that there may be circumstances where the criminal conduct has an adverse impact […]
What’s the answer? Employee charged with a crime
Sam Bailey gets legal guidance this week from Helen Badger, employment law expert at Browne Jacobson and Guy Guinan, employment partner at Halliwells law firm on whether dismissal is an option. The question:“If an employee has been charged with a crime and we feel it affects our trust in the employee as well as potentially […]
HR Happy, HR Horror
It’s been an exciting week in HR as recent stories have had us lurching from fist-clenching horror to joyful elation. Join us as we look back over our highs and lows of the past five days.Happy: For naked phone time – Over 40% of men make telephone calls in the nude, according to Post Office […]
HR Zone Briefing #288 – Smoking, Gender Changes and Sabbaticals
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HR Radar: HR’s Reaction to the Budget
In this latest edition of the HR radar we find out what you thought of the 2006 Budget, was there anything to excite or tantalize those working in the profession? Keith Luxon, HR Director of Veolia Water UK, Euphrosene Labon author of several HR books and Jonathan Senior of Sharp End Training share their views. […]
Employment law briefing: Implied contracts of employment … continued
Landmark decision?Employers and HR professionals have been following this case with interest, and indeed if it had been decided that Dacas was wrong, it would have been a fundamental blow to agency workers attempting to assert employment status. However, employers will be relieved to know the dismissal of the appeal does not mean that now […]
Employment law briefing: Implied contracts of employment
The employment status of temps has been at the centre of numerous cases and much academic debate for a number of years. A recent court decision involving Cable and Wireless has turned the spotlight back on this area of law. Following this closely watched case, what are the exact implications for employers of using agency […]
Book review: Internal Communications: From Information to Inspiration
Title: Internal Communications – From Information to InspirationEditor: Richard MosleyPublisher: Compton HouseISBN: 0-9549518-3-2Price: £12.75Reviewer: Angela Busby Audio books on CD have been with us for more than ten years. This method is not as popular as one might think. Although they are cheaper and more convenient than their predecessors (audio books on cassettes) they are […]
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Q&A: Building a Coaching Culture
John Bailey, UK Director of Coaching at KPMG talked to HR Zone about why coaching is firmly on his people agenda. HR Zone Q1: Why should delegates attend the seminar on Building a Coaching Culture at the CIPD’s HRD 2006 conference?Bailey: The session will give participants an honest perspective on what two organisations are actually […]
Budget 2006: Live report
Last chancellor to deliver ten budgets in a row was in 1822. Inflation 2% and on target, economy growing at 2.5%. Budget to strengthen Britain for global challenges ahead. Chancellor promises no return to ‘boom and bust’. New remit for debt management office. Official statistics made the responsibility of independent board. New memorandum of understanding […]
The big ‘pensions’ interview … continued
HR Zone Q9: Can HR professionals and recruiters turn the pensions issue to their advantage?Boulding: What is important is the perceived value that an employee attaches to a pension scheme. A moderate pension scheme that is well presented will have a greater perceived value than an expensive scheme that is poorly perceived. So HR professionals […]
The big ‘pensions’ interview
Adrian Boulding is Legal and General’s Pensions Strategy Director; Annie Hayes spoke to him about A-Day, the survival or otherwise of final salary schemes, the link between pensions and productivity and that big black hole. HR Zone Q1: What impact has the recommendations of the Turner report had on employers and employees? Boulding: Very little […]
The great debate: Will IT skills make people skills extinct?
Is sacking by text message acceptable? Is face-to-face no longer reguired? Adam Ripley, managing director of IS Integration debates the points. The last two decades have seen IT become an integral part of the workplace. The internet explosion has given us access to more information than previous generations had access to in entire lifetimes. The […]
What happened next? Stubbing out smoking… continued. By Sarah Fletcher
Read on to learn more about how Lucy Hibbert addressed her problem of staff smoking. How are you going to evaluate its success?I suppose the easiest way will be if anyone quits smoking! I think though after the presentation and workshops and once people have finished and attend the courses I will send out a […]
What happened next? Stubbing out smoking. By Sarah Fletcher
Repeated cigarette breaks, staff that stink like an ashtray, and a collective smokers’ cough that makes the ground shake…what can be done to encourage employees to kick the habit? We look at What Happened Next when a member asked the Any Answers forum for tips on lifting the cloud of smoke from her workplace. By […]
Changes to the Benefit In Kind taxation of vans … continued
Company car or company van?Van drivers who are allowed to use their vehicle for private use will in April 2007 face a sixfold increase in tax. If they have a choice over the type of vehicle, they need to reconsider the car option when they next change vehicle. Employers should also reconsider their vehicle policies […]
Changes to the Benefit In Kind taxation of vans
The first line of defence for companies wishing to avoid BIK taxation for van drivers as well as employers Class 1A NICs is a clear policy on prohibition of private use, says Rupert Russell, publisher of www.comcar.co.uk, a specialist company car tax website. What is a company van?HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) defines this as […]
