Off the record: Transsexual employees … continued
The employer and employee should discuss the expected timescale of the medical and surgical procedures including any requirements for time off, bearing in mind appointments will often involve travel. Another point to discuss is the expected point or phase of change of name, personal details and social gender and how this will impact on, for […]
Off the record: Transsexual employees
Ranjit Dhindsa, employment partner at Reed Smith explains how to handle the logistics when an employee undertakes gender reassignment including directions on which toilet should be used during the process. When an employee announces they are about to have a sex change, what they need (and are legally entitled to) is support and understanding. Gender […]
HR Tip: Return from maternity leave
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 woman on maternity leave wishes to return early but has given us only one week's notice to do so. Can she do this? A: If she informed you about her pregnancy […]
Gaynor’s Thoughts: Career breaks, sabbaticals and personal transformation … continued
In my research around work and life skills development, I came across the following views expressed about an extended period away from work: “The time off helped me gain perspective. It’s easy to put your head down, look up 20 years later, and wonder about all the things you didn’t do.”“My idea of listening used […]
Gaynor’s Thoughts: Career breaks, sabbaticals and personal transformation
“Companies find that if they don't give people the opportunity to take time off, they'll burn out and leave – or worse still, they'll burn out and stay!" When I was 22 years old I had a dead-end job in a factory, a wife and two babies, played football at the weekend and performed in […]
Life Coach at Large: Meeting … yourself … continued
What next?When you are happy with your eight values, you need to rank them in importance for you, at the moment. (Your values will rarely change as you move through your life, however they may take on a different importance.) The easiest way to do this will be to number them in the order they […]
Life Coach at Large: Meeting … yourself
The next stage of finding balance in our lives, both at work and at home is to find out what makes us do the things we do. Who do you think you are?Now be honest. If you were walking past a room and over heard colleagues discussing you, what would you do? Would you: 1. […]
How Did I Get Here? Anne Harley, HR Director, RSPB … continued
Keep reading for HR Director of RSPB Anne Harley’s insights into that “can’t win” feeling and the inspiration offfered by Charles Darwin. 6. Will HR survive outsourcing and changes to service delivery?In RSPB? Definitely, at least for the foreseeable future. We want to maintain the feeling of belonging that we hope is embedded in our […]
How Did I Get Here? Anne Harley, HR Director, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
HR Director of RSPB Anne Harley reveals her feelings on having to do “horrid things” to people, and why HR is perceived as a “no” culture. 1. How strategic is your current role and what does it involve? I am a member of the management board and participate in all strategic decisions. In particular I […]
News in Brief: Culture change biggest HR challenge … continued
Firms fail to measure recruiters’ skillsBusinesses are failing to accurately assess the skills base of their recruiters, according to new research. The study by Executive Online found that the skills of recruiters are vaguely and unscientifically assessed, despite the potentially significant impact upon the economy’s success. Almost half (46%) of organisations are using “rather arbitrary […]
News in Brief: Culture change biggest HR challenge
Catch up on the week in HR including the new HR challenge, age overrides skills in UK market, jobless count rises, government chastised over pensions and ex-offenders are source of new labour. W/C 13/3/06Culture change biggest HR challengeThe biggest HR challenge facing companies this year is implementing culture change. This is according to new research […]
Book review: Challenging Behaviour
Title: Challenging BehaviourProducer: Skill Boosters Price: £995 plus VATFormat: DVD and VHS with 26 page Trainer’s Notes bookletLength: Total running time: 25 minutesReviewer: Richard L. Berry How do you deal with a colleague who will not leave you alone? How do you feel when your group excludes you because you are different in some way? […]
HR Happy, HR Horror
In this new Friday column, we look at the week’s stories that have made us either happy or horrified. HR Zone invites you to jump aboard the HR emotions rollercoaster and see for yourself.Happy: For northerners – If it’s “grim up north”, our pay packets certainly aren’t feeling sad. Working in Yorkshire, Scotland or the […]
Reviewer profile: Richard L Berry
Richard BerryRichard has a degree in English and History from Keele University. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Neville Russell in 1982. After working for 12 years in auditing and accounting, for the last 16 years he has worked as a J.D.Edwards consultant. This has taken him to many places in the world and […]
What’s the answer? Bonus payments during maternity … continued
Chris Syder, Partner and Head of Employment at the London office of Clarkslegal LLP. The starting point is what does the bonus plan provide? A failure by an employer to pay a bonus, or to pay a sufficient bonus, can, amongst others, give rise to an equal pay claim, or a claim for discrimination on […]
What’s the answer? Bonus payments during maternity
Amanda Celliers gets legal guidance this week from Helen Badger, employment law expert at Browne Jacobson and Chris Syder, Partner and Head of Employment at the London office of Clarkslegal LLP on the rules governing bonus payments for those on maternity leave The question:”An annual bonus scheme which is made up of a profit share […]
HR Zone Briefing #287 – Smelly Staff; HR Buzzwords Explained
================================================================ HR Briefing Issue 287 – 16 March 2006 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ *********************** Featured Sponsors ********************** Worried about implementing a Home Computer Initiative? http://www.hrzone.co.uk/redirects/fujitsu6a.html A great degree built for business http://www.hrzone.co.uk/redirects/foundationa.html **************************************************************** Editor’s Note ============= Tackling an employee with poor personal hygiene can cause a real stink. Find out what happened next when Nikki Brun told […]
Colborn’s Corner: Who’s the best? … continued
How good are we at assessing how satisfied people are with their managers? In many situations appraisals are something of a whitewash that throws up little about hierarchical relationships. One tool that can prove to be useful is a form of employee engagement research that seeks to find anonymously what employees feel about their employer. […]
Colborn’s Corner: Who’s the best?
Quentin Colborn says ‘so what’ to those businesses ranked in this year’s Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For list. Who’s in and who’s out? These are the likely questions asked by those who made the list in 2005. Is this a preoccupation shared by HR Directors though? Perhaps not. Maybe it’s because I’ve […]
HR Jargon: Bothersome buzzwords. By Sarah Fletcher
Sarah Fletcher asked our HR Zone members for the strangest buzzwords they had met in the workplace. At what point do business metaphors take that slippery slope into jumbling jargon? Our HR professionals revealed some bizarre dealings with plastic coatings, ball parks and bus journeys… read on to find out more. Employees are often told […]
