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 […]
From bad to worst: Can HR rise above the taunts? … continued
HR Directors are often in a no win situation much like the manager of the English football team! Everyone has an opinion as to how pick the best team and they are always right! The key point here is that not everyone within an organisation would feel equally as qualified to offer opinion about the […]
From bad to worst: Can HR rise above the taunts?
HR was recently cited by one survey as one of the worst performing business functions – it even fell below the IT department in terms of appreciation. So what’s going on? John Mazted, CEO of Digby Morgan, a leading HR recruitment firm, presents his thoughts. The recent Economist Intelligence Unit survey of over 500 board […]
Executive failure: An unacceptable rate … continued
One hundred and twenty essential questions:Our research has shown that there are over one hundred and twenty questions that should be asked by a new hire in order to ensure success. Alternatively a company wishing to help the new hire to quickly become a net contributor to the wealth of the business can formulate information […]
Executive failure: An unacceptable rate
Did you know that just under half of all executives in a new job fail? Stephen Harvard Davis, a leading authority on job transition and the author of business best-seller Why do 40% of Executives Fail?, explains what this lost opportunity, costs, making his case for why HR should care. If a business process was […]
What happened next? Dealing with smelly staff! By Sarah Fletcher
How do you tell an employee that his poor personal hygiene is making his co-workers drop like flies? In this new series looking at what happened next we report on the outcome and learning points of this situation as experienced by a member who sought solace in the Any Answers forum. On hearing he smelled […]
What happened next? Dealing with smelly staff…continued. By Sarah Fletcher
Which sources of information did you find the most useful?The differing viewpoints which members gave allowed us to make a balanced decision. What would you have done differently with hindsight?Nothing, I think we handled it pretty well.Was the outcome satisfactory for all parties?So far so good – it seems to have made a vast improvement […]
Benchmarking: Carbon dioxide emissions from cars … continued
CO2 emissionsCarbon dioxide emissions from cars will obviously depend on mileage and fuel consumption, but different engines and fuels will also have an impact. Average CO2 emissions of new cars sold over the last three years have fallen as a result of the increase in diesels sold. Diesels have lower greenhouse gas emissions than equivalent […]
Benchmarking: Carbon dioxide emissions from cars
Any company fleet wishing to address its emissions should start with mileage says Rupert Russell, publisher of www.comcar.co.uk, a specialist company car tax website. The burning of fossil fuels is one cause of a steady rise in greenhouse gases that now threatens catastrophic climate change within a few generations. Companies are becoming increasingly concerned about […]
HR Tip: Qualifying for employment protection
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: I understand that employees with one year of service acquire employment protection, that is to say there must be a good reason for dismissing them. Is there a minimum number of hours […]
Review: Religion and Belief – Respecting and accommodating religion and belief in the workplace
Title: Religion and Belief: respecting and accommodating religion and belief in the workplaceEditor: FaithwisePublisher: BDP Media LtdMedia: VHS/DVDPrice: £995, £1095 for both VDS and DVDReviewer: Tanya CowinThis training package comprises a video supplied on both VHS and DVD and an accompanying booklet which suggests how the material might be used as a training resource – […]
Reviewer profile: Tanya Cowin
Tanya Cowin Since securing her first HR related role in an employment industry in 1977, Tanya has explored a range of roles within HR and Payroll and is a Fellow of the CIPD. With experience in both private and public sectors as a generalist and, more recently, an HR systems specialist, Tanya now works with […]
Comment: Working longer and portfolio careers … continued
I also found that, almost miraculously, I had more time to do things and more things got done. It seemed like the more things I did the more time and energy I had to do them.To this point in my journey, outside of my core change agent work, I had been mainly reactive, responding to […]
Comment: Working longer and portfolio careers
"Not long after I became an independent consultant nearly 20 years ago, I realised that the notion of a date on which I would retire no longer had any meaning for me." Roy Gaynor, Managing Director of management consultants' training and support network, Navisys Academy explains. Under funded pension schemes exacerbated by the baby boomer […]
