What’s the answer? When does retirement officially start?
This week Stephanie Wootton, employment law expert, Browne Jacobson and Nicholas Snowden, senior solicitor at Clarkslegal LLP present their ideas on defining retirement dates. The question:“We have an employee who is 65 on 1 December and is retiring. He wants to know when his last day of work will be. Is it his actual birthday […]
Is the UK suffering from an under-management epidemic?
Endless efficiency drives have seen the cull of large layers of management but what impact is it having on UK plc? According to US HR consultancy RainMaker Thinking the US is suffering from an under-management epidemic which is leading to poor productivity and low staff morale.The research claims that: Under-management is a workplace disease of […]
Review: Outdoor management development
Title: Outdoor Management Development: A Critical Introduction for the Intelligent PractitionerAuthor: Willem G Krouwel Publisher: Institute of Training and Occupational Learning ISBN: 0-9539790-1-6Price: £7.99Reviewer: Mike TaylorThis unimposing book packs quite a punch.An introduction it is, but it is far from superficial – and no matter how experienced you are in using the outdoors for management […]
Putting the ‘needs’ into TNA
Separating training needs from training wants can be tough; read on to find out how to match real requirements with solutions. Follow these top tips from Changing Perspective, an organisation that has worked with clients including Orange, Cable and Wireless and Direct Line on how to produce an effective training needs analysis.Fiona Silberbach, managing director […]
Case Study: Out of sight out of mind? Managing remote workers
A remote team, where team members are geographically dispersed rather than located in one place, presents tremendous opportunities for flexibility, innovation, customer focus and cost reductions. For all these reasons, remote working is becoming increasingly popular. However, alongside the benefits of remote working are the challenges of managing and motivating a team who are not […]
If pensions are no longer tax-efficient what’s the future of rewards?
Double, double, toil and trouble; Marcus Underhill, Principal at Mercer Human Resource Consulting looks at the position of pensions and tax efficiency on employee savings post-April 2006. “Fire burn, and cauldron bubble…”Despite many attractions, pension simplification has the potential to lead many employees to conclude that early contributions to a pension arrangement are inappropriate. “Round […]
HR Zone Members Newswire #124 HR happy-ometer swings; attendance rewards
================================================================ HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 124 8 November 2005 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** 1. News in Brief: The week in HR – HR happy-ometer swings 2. The Couch?! Has a good old moan 3. What’s the answer? Cost of living increase 4. Any Answers answered: Diversity in […]
Forward features list 2006
Please see our forward features list for 2006 below, together with service highlights. January 2006HR predictions for 2006 Colborn’s Corner: Should HR make New Year resolutions? How to: Get a seat at the top table HR Predictions 2006 Hard(y) Law Talk: ‘Annual’ greetings 2006 Hard(y) Law Talk: What’s brewing in 2006 February 2006Employee benefits: From […]
Logging onto coaching: The pros and cons
Coaching is traditionally conducted face-to-face; the advent of technology has changed that, transitioning it as a service that can now be addressed through an e-medium. E-coaching is: “A two-way communication between a coach and coachee that is enabled through the use of technology, whether it be e-mail, telephone, online chat or a bulletin board.”This is […]
HR Tip: Redundancy and “bumping”
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 have changed our telephone system and as a result no longer need a telephonist. She has been with us for eight years and is a good worker. She could do the […]
Extracts of a Life Coach: The glorification of age?
This week our fledgling life coach, Emma Ranson Bellamy asks for our help: Is age and a life long-lived a necessary precursor to coaching? Can we only teach when we have learned the lessons of life from experience at first hand? Add your comments by posting in the box at the end of this latest […]
Disability: Thought you knew everything there was to know?
Why shouldn’t someone without the use of their right hand become a barrister? Why can’t someone work in manufacturing because they are deaf? Mike Huss, senior employment law specialist at Peninsula employment law firm, a disabled person himself discusses the issues. I have written a number of articles since 1996 when the Disability Discrimination Act […]
Human Capital: Sharpening the tool to prove HR’s worth
Picture the scene. The HR director of a major corporation goes into the CEO’s office. “So,” says the CEO, “I know you have spent US$250m on a global SAP implementation, US$50m on consultants and turned HR upside down. You call it transformation. But what do I get out of it?” All too often, it’s a […]
News in Brief: The week in HR – HR happy-ometer swings
Catch up on the week in HR including HR happy with their lot, work gives life meaning for many and why there is no substitution for eye ball to eye ball communication. W/C 31/10/05HR are happy with their lotEighty-one per cent of HR respondents in a Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) survey said […]
The Couch?! Has a good old moan
Inspired by a recent news release, this week’s the Couch?! purges itself of all its moans and groans before it’s too late. If Britain follows Germany’s example moaning will become a thing of the past and we will all be thinking positively and communicating with our colleagues in a motivating way (Noooooooo! I hear you […]
Review: Managing successful projects with PRINCE2
Title: Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2Authors: OGCPublisher: The Stationary OfficeISBN: 0-11-330891-4Reviewer: Tanya Cowin My first thought on receiving this book was that it would not be a “light” read (it has 400 pages, weighs nearly 2kg and I only took it on the train once!). I was, however, to be pleasantly surprised. This book works […]
What’s the answer? Cost of living increase
This week Nicholas Snowden, senior solicitor at Clarkslegal LLP and Helen Badger, employment law expert at Browne Jacobson present their ideas on whether a cost of living increase can be made the exclusive benefit of certain employees. The question:“If a company has agreed a cost of living increase (RPI) and everyone is entitled to it […]
Colborn’s Corner: How am I doing?
Performance appraisals are a bit like motherhood and apple pie after all who could object to them? Well I for one certainly don’t but why do we do them and are they all they are cracked up to be? Of course the textbook answer as to why we do appraisals revolves around the twin issues […]
HR Practitioner’s Diary: Chicken lickin’ good?
We catch up on Sue Kingston’s latest adventures including her sleuthing activities to find the light-fingered employees with a penchant for ‘lifting’ beef fillets, lamb hocks and chicken breasts; read on to find out more. W/C: 25 September 2005Well, what a month I’ve had! I don’t know if I’m coming or going, there certainly don’t […]
Opinion: Working on purpose
Forget vision statements; it’s meaning that people need at work. Here Colin Reeve, MD of R&A Consultancy and Training, explains how to make work matter more. Do you believe in vision statements? Does the vision statement expressed by your organisation fill your working life with a deep sense of purpose? Do you even know what […]
