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 […]
Life Coach at Large: A new chapter
Emma Ranson Bellamy helps a down-trodden worker lift himself out of his career rut and realise his dreams; find out how she did it. The dilemma:Rory is in his late thirties and has worked in a large out of town law practice since leaving University in the 1980’s. Starting out from the bottom of the […]
News in Brief: The week in HR – No cure for office party hangover
In this our last news round-up for 2005 we report on why yuletide emailing interrupts the festive holiday season, staff call time on scrooge-like bosses and why spurious hangover cures should be resigned to the bin and not the morning-after. W/C 19/12/05Yuletide emailing interrupts holidayJust under half of workers (42%) will be working over the […]
Investing against festive fall-out
According to recent national and employment press, the chances are bleak of your company ending the festive season without a stint in hospital and a disciplinary hearing. Employment law firm Croner reports that more than a third of employers note incidents of sexual harassment, and almost a quarter of christmas celebrations result in staff accidents. […]
The Couch?! Resolves to carry on as normal
There’s a huge pressure come January 1 to promise to become a better/fitter/smarter and more motivated person. But we all know that promises to go to the gym, start a new course or stop smoking that seem so viable on January 1 are often consigned to the dustbin ten days later. And then, of course, […]
What’s the answer? Obligations incurred by staff
Ross Williams gets legal guidance this week on how to deal with expenses and contracts authorised by staff without the authority to do so. The question:”I’m currently in dispute with a recruitment agency who – unknown to management – agreed with a junior member of staff that they could recommend one of their clients for […]
Opinion: What’s the future for a training career?
Godfrey Parkin predicts that the current trend for outsourcing training needs will see less in-house training teams. But what will this mean for trainers’ careers, and strategic learning within organisations as a whole? I recently let slip a comment to the effect that corporate trainers might be due for extinction within a decade, and, understandably, […]
Case Study: Blended learning at Barclays
Barclays Wealth Management division deals with international banking, investment banking, private clients and stock broking services. With 7000 employees, it is a major contributor to Barclays Group turnover and profits. Barclays Wealth Academy, which is dedicated to staff development in the division, recently launched a new online learning portal for employees. With the aim of […]
