Bad habits: Time to go ‘smoking’ cold-turkey?
Fears about the effects of smoking on health were first raised in the Lancet in 1858 and while cigarettes have dodged outright extinction since that time it looks as though the days of smoking at work are numbered; Ranjit Dhindsa, head of employment at the Midlands office of international law firm Reed Smith slaps on […]
Review: Coaching at Work magazine
Our two reviewers, Emma Ranson Bellamy a fledgling coach and Duncan Gee a senior coach and mentor put the launch magazine through its paces and reflect on its worth from their two very different coaching perspectives. Title: Coaching at Work magazineAuthor(s): Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)Publisher: Personnel Publications LtdPrice: £75 (CIPD members) or […]
Member wire #120 – Adultery: Grounds for constructive dismissal?
================================================================ HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 120 11 October 2005 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** 1. Adultery: Grounds for constructive dismissal? 2. News in Brief: HR meets Gershon challenge 3. The Couch?! Health, wealth and happiness 4. Any Answers: Status of apprentices, breastfeeding at work 5. Welcome new members […]
Five steps to fast relationships
We all know that relationships with colleagues and clients are important but how can you build them quickly? Mark West of R&A Consultancy & Training explains. Relationships are everything in business. As a leader, as a networker, in teams, in sales and in front line customer operations the chances are that your success will be […]
HR Tip: Definition of full-time and part-time work
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: What exactly is the definition of a part-time worker? Is it someone who works for less than 16 hours? A: There is no longer a precise ‘number of hours’ definition. In law a […]
How Did I Get Here? Jo Bond, RightCoutts MD an HR consultancy
Jo Bond explains why the worst aspect of working in the HR arena is people that don’t value the input of the function; read on to find out why Elizabeth I, Joan of Arc and Grace Darling would make Jo’s lunch list. 1. How strategic is your current role and what does it involve?As managing […]
Hard(y) Law Talk: Pensions – protection or prevention?
Pensions, pensions, pensions … pages and pages of headlines over the last two decades since the Maxwell pensions scandal and more recently, Enron and Equitable Life fiascos have made employees uneasy about their financial futures on retirement, and employers uneasy about their ability to fund their pension scheme commitments. The Pensions Act 2004 – 325 […]
Extracts of a Life Coach: Reconciling tensions
This week, fledgling life coach, Emma Ranson Bellamy examines opposing value systems and reveals her secrets of saving clients from making the same mistakes over and over again. OK I’m bringing out the big guns today. So far we have looked at the coaching conversation and the way it is structured to maximise time and […]
Lifting the lid on cowboy recruiters
Living in the shadows can be a lonely place made all the more tiresome by the absence of a recognised professional footing on the corporate ladder; Annie Hayes caught up with the Recruitment Employment Confederation on the eve of the launch of its first ever degree in recruitment. It’s hard to fathom why the bold […]
News in Brief: The week in HR – HR meets Gershon challenge
Catch up on the week in HR with our at-a-glance news round up including how HR is meeting the Gershon challenge head on, reaction to the latest NMW hike and why red-tape the Dutch way is getting the thumbs up. W/C 3/10/05HR meets Gershon challenge head onHR professionals in the public sector are taking the […]
The Couch?! Health, wealth and happiness
As the first cold of the gloomy season strikes, the Couch?! team’s thoughts have turned to health.The Couch?! are sure that we would be healthier if only there was more incentive at this time of year not to spend the evenings watching reality TV after a plate full of stodge or else heading off to […]
HR Practitioner’s Diary: A new chapter
It has been a very hectic time (in a good way) but regrettably that means that the diary is going to a monthly rather than a weekly slot for the time being; I’m sorry to disappoint my loyal readers but hope to produce an even tastier, bumper monthly version and talking of delicious things my […]
Colborn’s Corner: Is it worth rocking the boat?
Change programmes and organisational change have become big business over the past decade or so. But what do these programmes set out to achieve and do they ever get there? There are few large organisations that haven’t been through some form of change programme in the last few years. The background to these vary; not […]
What’s the answer? Adultery: Grounds for constructive dismissal?
This week Nicholas Snowden, senior solicitor at Clarkslegal LLP and Stephanie Wootton, employment law expert at Browne Jacobson present their ideas on the law governing constructive dismissal. The question:“Due to a promotion opportunity, an employee is refusing to work with a fellow co-worker. The co-worker in question recently had an adulterous relationship with this employee’s […]
Opinion: The flaw of averages
We all know the simple truth that, when it comes to the value of their presence, employees are not all created equally. Yet most companies’ calculate their absence costs using crude averages that assume we are all the same. Employers should beware, however, of relying solely on their own or industry average cost data when […]
Employment law briefing: Sex, salaries and strikes
Ranjit Dhindsa, head of employment in the Midlands office of international law firm, Reed Smith guides HR Zone members through the legislation waters providing a digestible at-a-glance guide of the latest regulations. Sex:The 1st October 2005 will see further changes to existing employment legislation. The most significant will be in relation to sex discrimination. The […]
CSR and beyond: Time to integrate?
The workplace is a critical battlefield for the government if they are to advance their goal of multiculturalism; Leo Martin and Ranica Barua of the GoodCorporation look at whether managing equal opportunities is no more than just a form filling exercise for employers. Trevor Philips, head of the Commission for Racial Equality recently made a […]
Misconduct: A fair reason for dismissal?
See our latest employment law briefing which explains the statutory steps to fair dismissal. Misconduct on the part of an employee is one of the potentially fair reasons for dismissal set out in the Employment Rights Act. However, misconduct which does not amount to gross misconduct will not justify dismissal unless the employee is already […]
Member wire #119 – Bathroom breaks; How to manage the NMW hike
================================================================ HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 119 4 October 2005 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** 1. Bathroom breaks 2. What’s the answer? National Minimum Wage increase 3. The Couch?! Demands an SOS office makeover 4. News in Brief: CBI calls time on Tribunal reforms 5. Any Answers: Should I […]
Payroll Tip: Returning to work following maternity or adoption leave
These questions are being answered by Learn HR, a market leader in the provision of HR and payroll training and nationally-recognised professional qualifications. Question: What control do we have over when an employee can return to work following a period of maternity or adoption leave? Payroll Tip: When giving notice to take maternity or adoption leave, […]
