HR and payroll – a tug of war?
The relationship between payroll and HR is strained at times. Zoe Cacanas of paymagazine finds out why and how amends can be made. Merging payroll and HR into a single or integrated system seems a win-win move. Fusing the functions can cut costs, avoid duplication, save time and preserve accuracy. Most importantly, in the words […]
Case Study: Coventry City Council – Out to tender
Chris Burrows, E-HR Manager Coventry City Council rides the e-rollercoaster of HR and Payroll solutions selection and explains the considerations and drivers behind the move. Coventry City Council is a Metropolitan District with approximately 16,000 employees. A significant number of those employees have more than one job with the Council and the issue of multiple […]
How to: Select & implement HRM systems
Selecting and implementing an HRM solution that delivers value and aligns to your company’s strategy and culture is hardly ever straightforward. How do you effectively compare one vendor’s offerings with another as different factions of your business have differing requirements, focuses and opinions? Is functionality the only area of focus that needs to be considered […]
Improving effectiveness using HR IT
The drive for faster, leaner and more productive organisations helps to keep businesses on top of the competition; Sally Mason, HR Director, Reward, Compass Group UK explains how implementing a highly effective HR system significantly improved vital processes and made a profound difference to business effectiveness. As the leading foodservice organisation in the UK & […]
Get the most out of your visit to HR Software
HR practitioners heading to the CIPD’s annual HR Software Show later this month will be looking to find plenty of practical technology-based solutions to help them both in their strategic and day-to-day work; read on to see top tips on how to make the most of your visit. With over 70 leading software suppliers taking […]
Calculating the true cost of HR Software
Calculating the true cost of your investment in HR software can help you define a business case that stands up to scrutiny and wins executive endorsement smoothly. In this executive guide, Ananda Roy, Associate Vice President of Adrenalin eSystems crunches the numbers the helps many businesses plan and implement effective HRMS projects. Developing a business […]
How systems can support your HR objectives
Navigating your way through the fog can be testing; Nigel Holt, Nestlé UK GLOBE’s Integration Manager recounts his experiences of steering a path through the systems abyss. I noticed the newly installed satellite navigation system fixed in my friend’s car when driving back from a meeting last week. I asked him how long he’d had […]
HR Practitioner’s Diary: Looking for Darcy
Our Bridget Jones was not deterred this week by a staff turnover of 60%; having grappled with the problem she found the evils of the NMW were to blame but if only finding Mr Darcy could be as easy … W/C 31 May 2005Hurrah for Bank Holidays! I came across a quote recently which I […]
Work-life balance: Banishing the Cinderella syndrome
Resentment is the biggest obstacle preventing flexible working practices from taking off while bosses are more relaxed then they were, colleagues and line managers may bear a grudge; Carol Savage, founder of flexible work specialists Flexecutive, say’s it doesn’t have to be that way. It all started with a belief that flexible working was all […]
What’s the answer? Flexible benefits
In the second of a new series ‘What’s the answer?’ we ask two experts to provide their solutions to your problems; this week Andrew Smith of Towry Law and Alison Wallace of Steptoe & Johnson solicitors present their ideas on what to consider when introducing a flexible benefits policy. The question:“I am looking at introducing […]
Member wire #102 – Competition – WIN tickets to the Open Golf Championship
================================================================ HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 102 7 June 2005 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** 1. Editor’s Comment: Plastic – fantastic? 2. Colborn’s Corner – Disciplinary dilemmas divulged 3. HDIGH? Mary Canavan, HR Director, British Library 4. Competition: HR tees off at the Open Golf Championship 5. Any Answers: […]
HR tees off at the Open Golf Championship
We’re delighted to offer members an exclusive opportunity to enter into a prize draw to win a pair of tickets to the final day of this year’s Championship, on the 17th July.The prize consists of accommodation in Edinburgh on the Saturday and Sunday with full corporate hospitality at the event, including a three course lunch, […]
Why HR Directors get fired
Why is it that HR Directors get fired? Or, even worse, marginalised by their executive colleagues? I’d like to say it’s because senior colleagues are too busy to recognise the true worth of the talent they’ve got in HR. But that would both be oversimplifying the case and pandering to those who criticise the profession […]
HR Tip: Dealing with CV liars
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 an employee in our sales department who stated on his application form that he has GCSEs in English and Maths. We have subsequently discovered that he failed English. Can we […]
Vox Pop: Meeting of minds – the future of web-conferencing
Spending hours on the road for an hour’s meeting isn’t the best use of time so we tested the HR water and asked those in the know including Dave Wilson, Head of Employment Policy at BT and Dr Gilly Salmon, Professor of E-Learning and Learning Technologies at the University of Leicester their views on whether […]
Feature: Training Evaluation Part 3 – When and how to evaluate
In the third of four articles in this series, Martin Schmalenbach looks at when, and when, not to evaluate. Read part one and part two. Setting aside any personal views about always evaluating training and performance enhancing interventions, there are times when you perhaps should NOT evaluate. The following covers most situations for when you […]
How Did I Get Here? Mary Canavan, HR Director, British Library
Mary Canavan had it all mapped out; she began her career with a plan in mind and stuck to it driven by a goal to make it to the top — here’s how she did it. 1. What is your current job title? Briefly describe your current role.I am HR Director at the British Library. […]
News in Brief: The week in HR – 03/06/05
See our at-a-glance round-up of all the latest HR news including Britain’s battle to keep the opt-out, National Insurance rate hike rumour, eBay productivity sap and cosmetic surgery promotion solutions. Working time opt-out slipping awayTrade and Industry Secretary, Alan Johnson headed for Luxembourg yesterday to negotiate with other EU employment ministers over keeping the 48-hour […]
Editor’s Comment: Plastic – fantastic?
Sledgehammer tactics are being used by career-hungry women eager to break-through the glass ceiling; one in four would go as far as to pump their lips with Collagen and Botox their way to a furrow free brow if it meant promotion.By Annie Hayes, HRZone Editor Gone are the days, when women were content to gently […]
Colborn’s Corner – Disciplinary dilemmas divulged
Confidentiality prevents many practitioners from divulging the finer points of disciplinary experiences but many interesting learning points can be drawn on reflection; in this article I look at two eye-opening encounters one of which involved an employee with an embarrassing body odour problem. Something in the air?The first instance involved an employee who had a […]
