Editor’s Comment: Glass half empty?
Clean sheets, fresh starts, renewed enthusiasm – this is the stuff new years are supposed to be made of so why is the glass seemingly half empty? We’re supposed to re-join the world of work with a spring in our step akin to the enthusiasm enjoyed by the likes of Julie Andrews in the Sound […]
The Couch?! Celebrity Big Brother house
They say variety is the spice of life and it certainly is in the celebrity Big Brother house. The Couch?! team feel disappointed with this years culmination of Z list celebrities. Although the series is strangely compelling and addictive we feel the producers could have done better in the selection process. So that got us […]
News in Brief: The week in HR – Workers do it for free
In this our first news round-up of 2006 HR Zone reports on revelations over unpaid overtime, why women must wait 200 years for equality and the reasons behind the jobs creation slowdown. W/C 3/1/06Workers do it for freeLast year almost five million employees worked one day a week for free. This is the claim of […]
Employment law: Case round-up
Alison Wallace, head of employment practice at Steptoe & Johnson solicitors rounds-up the latest employment case law including the case of a verbal promise to raise an employee’s salary made at a Christmas party. 1. Contractual promise made at Christmas PartyJudge v Crown Leisure LimitedA promise made by an employer at a Christmas party that […]
What’s the answer? Re-employment following dismissal
Douglas King gets legal guidance this week on the legal considerations of re-employing a worker dismissed six years previously; read on to find out what the experts say. The question:“Is there any reason an employer should/could not re-employ a person after they have been dismissed for Gross Misconduct? The misconduct happened six years ago. They […]
Colborn’s Corner: Should HR make New Year resolutions?
Seasoned HR consultant, Quentin Colborn goes cold turkey on the annual HR detox and looks at whether we should indeed be resolving to do better and be better. It’s that time of year isn’t it? Diets, shorter working hours, better work/life balance etc. We go back o the office and either make well intentioned resolutions […]
HR Zone Briefing #277 – The HR Detox
================================================================ HR Briefing Issue 277 – 5 January 2006 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ Editor’s note ============= We’re delighted to bring you the first 2006 edition of the HR Briefing – your weekly round-up of news and features. We’ve got a special focus on HR resolutions and predictions for the year ahead. HR Consultant, Quentin Colborn takes the […]
HR Zone Briefing #277 – The HR Detox
================================================================ HR Briefing Issue 277 – 5 January 2006 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ Editor’s note ============= We’re delighted to bring you the first 2006 edition of the HR Briefing – your weekly round-up of news and features. We’ve got a special focus on HR resolutions and predictions for the year ahead. HR Consultant, Quentin Colborn takes the […]
Opinion: Beyond psychometrics
The internet is making rapid, radical and exciting changes to psychometric testing; after over a century, the sedate progress of traditional psychometrics has quite suddenly got into gear and screeched off the starting grid. Development in this field is now being driven by the internet rather than by the adaptation of instruments designed as print […]
How to: Get a seat at the top table
If your New Year’s goal is to transform your HR function into an HR business partnering one then don’t miss this fantastic ‘how to’ on how to get your seat at the table and keep it. One of the main challenges that new and aspiring HR business partners face is gaining credibility and influencing at […]
HR Predictions 2006
Simon Hayward, CEO of Academee learning solutions looks through his crystal ball to present his key HR predictions for 2006. Key HR trends for 2006 reflect the increasingly strategic role of the function in organisations based on the recognition that great people are the key to delivering a differentiated service in an increasingly commoditised world.Getting […]
HR sleuthing: Detecting bogus sickness claims
HR managers are increasingly cautious of how to treat employees that claim long-term sickness; some employees may abuse the system and act dishonestly, others are sincere so how can you separate the fibbers from those in need? It is a common misunderstanding that private detectives are the world of movies and betrayed housewives. This couldn’t […]
HR Tip: Right to car parking spaces
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 need to use part of the existing staff car park for an office extension and the employees are complaining and claiming that custom and practice allows them to continue using the […]
Hard(y) Law Talk: ‘Annual’ greetings 2006
The New Year brings new hopes and challenges at work and for those in HR the biggest focus will be getting to grips with the coming of age discrimination. The Government consulted on proposals to legislate on age discrimination in Coming of Age which ended on 17 October. These draft regulations seek to prohibit unjustified […]
HR Zone Members Newswire #131 Secrets of Keeping Staff in 2006
================================================================ HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 131 3 January 2005 www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ Editor’s note ============= Our members’ newswire brings you the latest community Q&A and kick-starting the New Year is a debate on the best ways to retain key staff throughout 2006. Iain Young says cash is not always king but we’d like to hear […]
How to beat the New Year blues
According to a new survey, 76% of employees estimate that their high levels of stress return within a week of returning to work after the holidays. To help rekindle flagging motivation levels, Maximum Performance have put together their top ten tips to ensure the return to work is accompanied with plenty of energy and enthusiasm:1. […]
Review: The Complete Feedback Skills Training Books
Title: The Complete Feedback Skills Training BooksAuthor: Sue BishopPublisher: GowerISBN: 0566082187Price: £60Reviewer: Desiree Cox“Feedback is the single most important skill that any manager can use for developing their people.” This comprehensive volume recognises the value of feedback as an important skill for all managers and looks at every aspect of feedback from different angles and […]
Favourite HR Zone features 2005
HR Zone has published some fantastic features in 2005. Just in case you missed them first time around, here’s a selection of the most popular. Opinion and thought articles: A sounding-board for key HR commentators which allows them to express their views and get on their soap box.Salary errors – the hidden debtLarry Coltman, Partner […]
Feature: The rising status of training
Learning and development has often been one of the first budgets to be cut when times are tough. Drawing on a survey of HR and training managers, Sally Worsley-Speck, Research Manager at Capita Learning & Development, predicts that this perception of training as a “nice to have” is changing. Employees will find it reassuring to […]
The 12 gadgets of Christmas
AccountingWEB’s Executive Peripherals Editor, Nigel Harris, completes his top 12 of year’s must-have executive toys. How many made your wish list? More importantly, how many can you justify buying for yourself as a business expense?!* * *12. Sorry, but there was only ever going to be one winner. Yes, it’s the Apple iPod. It now […]
