How to: Improve brainstorming sessions
Brian Campbell looks at how to make brainstorming more effective. It is always easy to improve something as long as we ignore the unwanted side effects. I can improve staff morale but it will cost money. I can improve the quality of my reports but it will take more time. The list of examples is […]
Colborn’s Corner: Assessment Centres – are they worth it?
“There is a danger that assessment centres will become a panacea, fulfilling HR’s desire to appear sophisticated by bringing some form of metrics into the process.” The recruitment process has gone through many phases as organisations seek to get better at hiring people that more closely match their requirements. The recruitment process used to take […]
What’s the answer? AML notice and pay
This week Nicholas Snowden, Senior Solicitor at Clarkslegal LLP and Alison Wallace, head of employment practice at Steptoe and Johnson present their ideas on how to handle AML notice and pay.The question:“An employee has decided that she will not be returning to work from additional maternity leave and has resigned. Her employment contract has a […]
HR Practitioner’s Diary: Tribunal teasers
‘Gladys’, the PA’s low cut tops were too much for ‘Granville’ the boss who had to call in Sue Kingston for a little discussion on dress codes; meanwhile Sue recounts how an associate managed to turn a sexual harassment case to her advantage. Read on to find out more and see how Sue got on […]
Coaching Insight: Coping with stress
Super coach, Graham Alexander reveals the secrets to achieving a more palatable work/life balance highlighting two examples of senior executives who managed to escape the ‘stress’ trap. There is no escaping stress in the workplace. In the UK, we are now working longer hours than ever before, juggling work commitments, families, friends and fitness – […]
Feature: Beat e-learning inertia
Tracy Lowles, Channel and Inside Sales Marketing Manager at Thomson NETg outlines a strategy to help overcome cultural resistance to e-learning. In many ways e-learning has revolutionised corporate learning by providing employees with the opportunity to incorporate easily accessible and flexible learning into day-to-day working schedules. Many leading organisations, such as BAE Systems, ICI and […]
Review: 40 Activities for Training in Self-empowerment
Title: 40 Activities for Training in Self-empowerment Author: Seifert, Lucy Publisher: Gower Publishing Limited ISBN: 0566076497 Price: £125.00Reviewer: Desiree Cox “The aim of this manual is to encourage participants to acknowledge and harness their inner power”. The activities that Lucy Seiffert has included are aimed at encouraging individuals to take responsibility for their lives by […]
Member wire #105 – HR Diary – Fingers in the till; Maternity dilemmas
================================================================ HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 105 28 June 2005 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** 1. News in Brief: The week in HR 2. HR Practitioner’s Diary: Fingers in the till 3. HR Tip: Is stress a disability? 4. Review: 40 Activities for training in self-empowerment 5. Any Answers: […]
Structured learning the CPD way
Continuing professional development (CPD) is promoted by professional body the CIPD to support the systematic development and accreditation of its members; the aim is that the continuing search to improve knowledge and skills through exposure to new experiences benefits both the individual and the business. The CIPD actively encourages CPD along with other professions including […]
Payroll Tip: Employee making purchase on company credit card
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 procedure should be used when an employee makes a purchase using the employer’s credit card? A: When an employee makes a purchase in a shop, restaurant or petrol filling station for example […]
How Did I Get Here? Corinne Spencer, Towry Law
Like many before her, Corinne Spencer’s route to HR wasn’t planned but having picked up the reins as HR Director for Towry Law Group she continues to crusade for better management and recounts her frustrations with bullies and poor direction – read on to find out more. 1. What is your current job title? Briefly […]
How to: Employ foreign workers
Neil Gouldson, head of employment law at national law firm Rowe Cohen, reminds employers to consider the appropriate regulations when recruiting overseas. A survey recently published by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) found that more than one in three firms had to recruit from abroad last year because they could not find […]
Editor’s Comment: Hiding behind the arras
E-mail that illustrious invention of the e-age has allowed the timid and not so bold to cloak their fears of ‘face-to-face’ by providing an alternative channel to vent their true feelings; Editor’s Comment looks at whether this growing e-boldness is no better then Shakespeare’s Hamlet in which we learn of Ophelia’s deception from behind the […]
News in Brief: The week in HR – W/C 20/06/05
See our at-a-glance round-up of all the latest HR news including skills shortage increase need for training, why senior business leaders are kept awake at night, sickies on the rise, organisations get ‘behaviour’ they deserve and how illegal workers could soon wind bosses up in jail. Skills shortages increase need for trainingEmployers are recruiting less […]
HR Practitioner’s Diary: Fingers in the till
This week, Sue Kingston turns sleuth detective when she helps a client uncover a loose fingered accountant who appears to have had their fingers in the till. W/C 13 June 2005:13th hey? – lucky for some, unlucky for others! Human Resources or detective – that is the question? Fingers in the till!About 18 months ago […]
What’s the answer? Quashing ‘sickies’
In the third of a new series ‘What’s the answer?’ we ask two experts to provide their solutions to your problems; this week Nicholas Snowden, Senior Solicitor at Clarkslegal LLP and Peter Duckitt, HR Consultant present their ideas on how to curb the growth in ‘sickies’. The question:What rights do we have as employers to […]
Case Law Digest: When expletives get expensive
Whilst aggressive leadership is a widely accepted route to managerial success in certain working environments, it is often judged unacceptable by Employment Tribunals. The recent sacking of St Helens Rugby League coach Ian Millward, for a string of allegations including the use of abusive language towards a fellow employee, has raised questions about the role […]
Lobbying Tales: Battle on the Eastern front
The importance of effective recruitment for employers and for the UK economy is increasingly recognised. At the same time European regulations which do not take into account the peculiarities of the UK labour market continue to pose a real threat to the provision of effective and flexible resourcing solutions. As a result, the Recruitment & […]
CSR and beyond: Should HR care about ‘Non’ & ‘Nee’?
Leo Martin founder of the GoodCorporation looks at the importance of the recent overwhelming rejection of the EU constitution by France and the Netherlands and explores what it means going forward for HR professionals. This recent vote highlights the extremely divergent views that exist within the EU about the role of business in society. In […]
HR Tip: Is stress a disability?
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: Is stress a disability? A: Stress certainly is an illness and you should study carefully the guidance published by the Health and Safety Executive to determine how to minimise and deal with […]
