Member wire #118 – Stuck in an HR rut? Should I fire fighting employees?
================================================================ HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 118 27 September 2005 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** 1. From HR to training and development 2. News in Brief: The week in HR – HR interim market thrives 3. What’s the answer? Drugs and alcohol testing 4. The Couch?! takes a sickie […]
HR Tip: Holiday pay for long-term sick absentees
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 two employees who have been absent through sickness, one for eighteen months and the other for over two years. We don't really want to dismiss them as both may return. They […]
How to: Motivate through reward
The key challenge for employers and reward professionals can be summed up by a stark and simple fact: pay doesn’t motivate. The issue: What’s my motivation?It may be the reason we get out of bed and go to the office, but it certainly doesn’t put a smile on our faces or make us come to […]
Review: Meeting customer needs
Title: Meeting customer needsAuthor(s): Ian Smith Publisher: Butterworth Heinemann in association with Chartered Management InstitutePrice: £19.99ISBN: 0-7506-5984-XReviewer: Angela Busby, Great West Life Assurance Co. This is the third edition of Meeting customer needs by Ian Smith, a diploma level book in the Chartered Management Institute series. In keeping with advancements in technology and learning environments […]
Hard(y) Law Talk: TUPE or not TUPE – not again!
Dr Stephen Hardy, senior lecturer in Law at the University of Manchester explains why TUPE anorakism is sadly here to say. The Acquired Rights Directive (ARD) 1977 has not proved easy to apply in practice and has been particularly controversial in relation to contracting out. It has resulted in a significant number of cases being […]
How Did I Get Here? Gabi Nesengani, HR Director, Cummins Diesel South Africa
Gabi Nesengani, Human Resources Director, Africa regional distribution organisation for Cummins Diesel South Africa explains why she’s delighted to be working in an organisation which treats people as more than just a number. 1. How strategic is your current role and what does it involve?My current role is very strategic. I’m responsible for HR for […]
Extracts of a Life Coach: New perspectives
Emma Ranson Bellamy, fledgling Life Coach is amazed at the potential listening can offer to even the most mundane of conversations and uses her new techniques to help a nervous presenter find some much needed confidence. Last week I promised that I would make more effort with listening. And boy what an impact it has […]
News in Brief: The week in HR – HR interim market thrives
Catch up on the week in HR with our at-a-glance news round up including the HR interim market that is thriving, the skills crisis that is sparking recruitment fears and why bogus sickies are causing havoc. W/C 12/09/05Interim HR market thrivesSeventy-three respondents in a recent survey say that interim HR roles are now more attractive […]
The Couch?! takes a sickie
The Couch?! team wants to know why employees take sickies. According to a recent BUPA survey, one in five workers has made up an excuse to take a day off work and only 29% of managers always believe that staff who call in sick are genuinely ill. Why would they be so suspicious? The research […]
Editor’s Comment: Will the last one out please turn off the lights?
Dodging criticisms of his leadership while ricocheting between various insults, Charles Kennedy leader of the Liberal Democrat party, for now, has expended most of his energy in pursuit of survival; Editor’s Comment examines why it is that hierarchy rather than shared-responsibility persists in being our answer to structure. We’d forgive the man for heading straight […]
Colborn’s Corner: The truth about work/life balance
This week Quentin Colborn puts the work/life balance argument in the spotlight and debates the case for whether the government may indeed have had the last laugh. Few weeks go by without either a comment from the mainstream or HR press about work/life balance. The accepted wisdom is that there needs to be a good […]
What’s the answer? Van driver regulations
This week Kate Gazzard, solicitor at Clarkslegal LLP and Stephanie Wooton, employment law expert at Browne Jacobson present their ideas on the considerations of employing a van driver. The question:We are about to employ a full time van driver for the first time. Is anyone able to help me with regulations for this post please? […]
HR Practitioner’s Diary: Put up and shut up?
Sometimes the HR roller coaster leaves you breathless, it’s what I love about the profession – it’s never boring and the variety is just mind boggling. Sometimes it makes you want to cry; occasionally scream and then things happen which present a smile or a wonderful rib-aching laugh. W/C: 12 September 2005Think of the last […]
Review: Mastering change
Title: Mastering change Editor: Unknown – Unbound review copyPublisher: BBC BooksISBN: Unknown – Unbound review copyPrice: £6.99Reviewer: Claudine McClean Mastering Change contains real life lessons from real business leaders. It doesn’t work as a manual, telling you how to identify the changes needed, nor how to implement or embed them. Instead it guides you through […]
Figuring things out: Help – I’m the new HR Director, now what?
<img src="/files/siftmedia-photolib/photo_joe.jpg" You’ve made it. Your dream has been realised, you’re in a senior HR role with a seemingly dynamic company that will provide challenges, working with a CEO that gives every indication of listening and being on your side. And then the realisation of what you’ve taken on really hits home. A friend of […]
The hybrid career: Sabbatical stories
Once a novel concept employed only by activists and social workers, taking a sabbatical in the developing world has now found its way to the forefront of business; Sue Rice, Accenture’s Head of HR, UK and Ireland explains. As employers seek the latest and most appealing choices to add to their benefits packages, the trend […]
Opinion: Juggling HR ‘hats’ can end in tears
You probably overlooked it in the job specification, perhaps it was there in the small print but whether or not you need a magnifying glass to find it under list of responsibilities there’s no denying that events planning is becoming a growing burden for the HR professional whose lap it often lands up in. The […]
Member wire #117 – HR, Personnel or People Department?
================================================================ HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 117 20 September 2005 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** 1. What’s in a name? HR, Personnel or People department? 2. What’s the answer? TUPE transfers 3. News in Brief: The week in HR – Brown commits to skills 4. The Couch?! Gets incentivised […]
CSR and beyond: Playing fair with investors cash?
In this series we have considered corporate responsibility towards stakeholders including employees, customers, suppliers, the community and environment. But we have not discussed corporate responsibility in relation to shareholders. The idea that shareholders should be included in the corporate responsibility debate might seem strange to some people. But it only takes a moments reflection to […]
Payroll Tip: Handling payments in weeks 53, 54 and 56
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:Why are there 53 paydays this year and how do we handle the payments? A: A year has 365 days or, in a leap year, 366 days. That means that there are 52 […]
