Company cars: The safe approach … continued
Cars owned by employees and funded partially or wholly by the employer through a car allowanceSchemes where the cash or salary alternative remains linked to a car through a supplement to salary or a discrete car allowance payment give the next-highest degree of control. Car allowances are the most commonly used form. The business has […]
Company cars: The safe approach
Richard Schooling, commercial director of car scheme provider Alphabet, compares different types of scheme from the perspective of duty of care. The Government has made at-work driving the main lever in its campaign to reduce road deaths and injuries. Its 2003 guidelines on managing work-related road safety cast a wide net over employers and can […]
HR Practitioner’s Diary: HR eats in Hell’s kitchen … continued
The ‘hot coal’ effect!I recently came up against a training issue within the local council transport division. A good friend of mine, David, who is totally blind arrived at Northampton bus depot, along with his guide dog, and set about finding a member of staff who could help him. Bearing in mind it was 7pm, […]
HR Practitioner’s Diary: HR eats in Hell’s kitchen
Seasoned HR Consultant, Sue Kingston files her latest report from the HR field including her hand in turning around the fortunes of a food production business on the brink of failing a safety inspection, dealings with a suicidal chef, the latest politicking at ‘South Fork’ and more on those vital weight, chocolate and wine stats […]
Book review: Employee Reward
Employee Reward Title: Employee RewardAuthor: Michael ArmstrongPublisher: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)ISBN: 0852929382Price: £36.99Reviewer: Sandra Beale Employee Reward gives a good theoretical grounding in reward issues. I used it as part of my CIPD Diploma and the reward tutor sang the praises of Michael Armstrong. I am pleased to say I passed the […]
HR Zone Briefing #286 – How to Get Rid of an Unwanted Employee
================================================================ HR Briefing Issue 286 – 9 March 2006 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ *********************** Featured Sponsors ********************* New MSc Human Resource Management from The Open University http://www.hrzone.co.uk/redirects/openuniversitya.html Worried about implementing a Home Computer Initiative? http://www.hrzone.co.uk/redirects/fujitsu5a.html **************************************************************** Editor’s Note ============= Getting rid of an unwanted employee is an essential HR skill. This week city law firm Withers explain […]
Reviewer profile: Sandra Beale
Sandra Beale Sandra runs her own HR consultancy based in the heart of the Midlands assisting companies of all sizes. The website www.sjbealehrconsult.co.uk shows the portfolio of services.Sandra is chartered FCIPD qualified and has more than ten years progressive experience in HR. She is an HR generalist, both strategic and operational, and the areas she […]
Employment law briefing: Compensation awards … continued
Despite the Employment Appeals Tribunal’s attempt to limit the effect of its decision in Way and another v Crouch, it has already approved an award of compensation on a joint and several basis in a second case. In Miles and another v Gilbank, the Employment Appeals Tribunal upheld the whole of an award made on […]
Employment law briefing: Compensation awards
Individuals who are named in discrimination proceedings together with their employer should be aware that they may now be made responsible for payment of the whole amount of any compensation awarded by an Employment Tribunal. In the recent case of Way and another v Crouch, the Employment Appeals Tribunal decided that Employment Tribunals have the […]
Insight: Sustaining the message … continued
In the longer term it’s not just about putting the message out there; it’s being able to sustain it that’s most critical. It’s about being able to keep the message alive in an organisation – particularly if it’s about a long-term theme or campaign. Far too often you see an initial spark of enthusiasm, but […]
Insight: Sustaining the message
Tim Small of catering giant Compass Group explains why short-term communication goals end in initiative fatigue. When looking at a communications plan, never lose sight of your audience. Whatever you are communicating, however you are doing it, it is vital to understand what it means to Fred who works in the mailroom at three o’clock […]
“More rights than a protected panda bear” – maternity leave … continued
How has this affected you personally, and as part of the company? “I was lucky to have a 50% company maternity pay scheme so that helped, but a number of my senior colleagues living in the south east with huge mortgages felt under pressure to return to work very quickly to minimise loss of earnings.” […]
“More rights than a protected panda bear” – maternity in UK business. By Sarah Fletcher
More legal rights than a protected species panda bear” is how one HR professional describes the general attitude towards pregnant employees. From 1 April 2006 the statutory rates of maternity, paternity and adoption pay will increase from £106 per week to £108.85; but is this enough? Sarah Fletcher asked HR professionals if the financial support […]
Effecting sustainable change: A practitioner’s view … continued
Change agents need to keep themselves, their team and organisation agile, nimble and adaptable to changing at any point in the business or strategic planning cycle. Because readiness involves change agents assessing their situation, convincing people to change attitudes, beliefs and intentions, planning, implementing and evaluating against measures and benefits, different techniques can be applied […]
Effecting sustainable change: A practitioner’s view
Expert tips on how to prepare for and manage change pragmatically. How can preparing for change become a more productive, performance-enhancing experience, one that delivers sustainable improvements with minimal disruption to business as usual?In a less stable world where change is now constant, the best organisations understand how the world is changing and that they […]
Off the record: Striking a deal with an unwanted employee … continued
‘Without prejudice’ is a much abused term. Discussions and documents which have been labelled ‘without prejudice’ usually cannot be shown to a court or employment tribunal as long as the label has been applied appropriately. It can be used only where there is a dispute and the conversation is designed to promote settlement of that […]
Off the record: Striking a deal with an unwanted employee
In the second of our new series, cutting the jargon and getting to the heart of employment law, Daniel Isaac, principal in the employment team at City law firm Withers explains how to manoeuvre an unwanted employee towards an affordable deal. Most employers prefer to strike a deal with an unwanted employee than go through […]
HR Tip: Grievance procedure
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: We do not have a written grievance procedure. We deal with issues as fairly as possible. Do you see any problems? A: Indeed I do because you are failing to comply with […]
Q&A: Dr Paul Kanas, Head of OH at Cadbury Trebor Bassett
Completing our focus on health benefits is Dr Paul Kanas who reveals the intricacies of the wellbeing schemes in place and the savings that can be made by knocking just 1% off sickness absence. Q1 HR Zone: What does your role as head of OH at Cadbury’s involve?Kanas: I look after the health of our […]
Horses for courses: Using multi-funding solutions … continued
Companies that have replaced car-or-cash policies with multi-funded schemes have certainly found this to be the case. One of our customers with 1,200 business drivers, half of whom had switched to cash in recent years, saw orders for business cars rise threefold in 2005 under its new broad-based, integrated funding strategy, which aligns car benefits […]
