Advertorial: Web conferencing makes light work of I&C regulations
With the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations of 2004, there’s never been more pressure on HR professionals to keep everyone informed and involved. And when you have training sessions to run, inductions for new employees and headcount planning to do, you could spend all day in meetings and never get home for the 10 […]
The Couch?! presents: That’s the wurst sausage i’ve ever tasted
While on a weekend break in Berlin, The Couch’s?! gourmet expeditionary force threw itself with abandon into beer and bratwursts. The result was an outbreak of off-colour humour and all the wurst jokes we’ve ever known.From the deadly Ecky Thump black pudding (from which a man died laughing during an episode of ‘The Goodies’) to […]
Member wire #101 – Teambuilding – A Real Motivator?
================================================================ HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 101 31 May 2005 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** 1. Editor’s Comment: Laissez faire … the best option? 2. What will losing the opt-out really mean? 3. Open all hours: The working impact 4. News in Brief: The week in HR 5. Any […]
CSR and beyond: Responsibility in action
In the last issue we started to look in detail at some of the corporate responsibility issues which affect the HR function. In this article we consider the issues of corporate responsibility in relation to pay, non-discrimination, training, appraisals and how to promote good responsible business practices by suppliers. Pay is a very thorny issue […]
How Did I Get Here? Anna Corrie Learning and Development Manager, Ramada Jarvis
How did you come to work in training?By accident! I studied a BA (Hons) in Hospitality Management at Strathclyde University before becoming Personnel & Training Manager at the Beardmore Hotel, Glasgow, for a year-and-a-half. I was happy to continue working at the Beardmore, however, I knew that I would not stay there long-term as it […]
Payroll Tip: Deduction for capital contributions towards a company car
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: Does a payment to obtain a better car qualify as a capital contribution? A: When an employee makes, or is required to make, a capital contribution to the purchase of a company […]
Editor’s Comment: Laissez faire … the best option?
Playing ‘soldiers’ while trussed up in a boiler suit, toy gun in hand is the ultimate in tired and tested teambuilding activities that are designed to bond and unite colleagues through mutual humiliation; an aspect of management that begs the question is it worth it? Phrases designed to instil some ‘get-up-and-go’ are aimed at re-invigorating […]
News in Brief: The week in HR – 27/05/05
See our at-a-glance round-up of all the latest HR news including BBC strike suspended, pay settlements back at 3%, Labour’s plans for radical workplace reform and how looking after dodgems doesn’t pay. Pay settlements back in the doldrumsAccording to analysts, IRS, UK pay awards have slipped back to 3% for the three months to April […]
What will losing the opt-out really mean?
Gordon Brown’s crusade against regulation isn’t going to be an easy one. Just as the applause lauding his embrace of the Better Regulation Task Force report and the Hampton Review starts to fade, he has to fend off evil Strasbourg, where nasty MEPs have threatened to take away the opt-out from the 48 hour-week provision […]
What’s the answer? Buying and selling holidays
In the first 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 how to manage a flexible holiday scheme. The question:“We are looking to introduce a scheme […]
HR Practitioner’s Diary: Scoring on the golf course
A golfing tournament with 71 men was just about as much excitement as Sue Kingston could take this week, well that and the recruitment reshuffle she managed to wow her client with. W/C 16 May 2005:It’s interesting sitting here reflecting on my encounters of the week – I’m not sure, however, if my thoughts are […]
Performing under pressure – New ways of managing stress
Thousands of years ago, ‘pressure at work’ meant fleeing from invading marauders or battling woolly mammoths. Stress prepared cave men and women for ‘fight or flight’ situations, and helped them survive such trials; Neil Shah from the Stress Management Society offers his advice on how to manage an age old problem. So stress isn’t a […]
Legal round-up: Healthy and Safety obligations explained
Alison Wallace, head of employment practice at Steptoe & Johnson solicitors presents a quick reference guide to the key health and safety obligations of employers. Working TimeThe European Parliament’s approval of the proposed amendments to the Working Time Directive which would remove the UK’s right to opt out of the 48 hour maximum working week […]
Health and Safety myths revealed
Bosses across the country are unintentionally flouting basic laws designed to keep employees safe and well at work due to commonly held misconceptions over their safety responsibilities. According to health and safety advisor Croner, failure to manage stress, cutting corners to save money on safety, and not reporting accidents are just a few of the […]
HR Zone Healthcare Supplement – Why PMI is the Top Benefit
================================================================ Healthcare Supplement 25 May 2005 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** HEALTHCARE SUPPLEMENT **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS 1. Corporate Manslaughter – an end to getting away with murder? 2. Q&A: HRZone talks ‘healthcare’ with BUPA 3. What’s the cost of mis-management? 4. Legal round-up: Healthy and Safety obligations explained 5. Any Answers: haemophilia, drug policies, stress […]
Do healthcare benefits really boost the bottom line?
Sandra Beale, HR Consultant, Mark Burch, Head of Reward and Performance at the Crown Prosecution Service and Janis Bowen, Health and Wellbeing Manager at KPMG present their views. Sandra Beale, HR ConsultantIncreased morale and productivity can be the by-products of companies offering health care benefits including private medical and health insurance and even an occupational […]
Corporate Manslaughter – an end to getting away with murder?
Leo Martin, director and founder of the GoodCorporation looks at whether proposed Corporate Manslaughter legislation will effectively hold companies to account for the safety of workers and members of the public. Trade unions and campaigners have tirelessly lobbied the government to introduce Corporate Manslaughter legislation ever since the Labour party promised to crack down on […]
The ‘neurosis’ affliction – screening in the workplace
Carl Laidler, Managing Director of Prevent plc looks at Britain’s obsession with wellbeing and the steady creep towards US style workplace health screening. It is no surprise that levels of neurosis in the UK are increasing when you consider the amount of media coverage dedicated to health. Over the last couple of years you haven’t […]
Vox Pop: Is prevention really better than cure?
Do benefits in terms of healthcare really help to reduce absence figures, stress rates and staff turnover figures in the long term? We asked several spokespeople including Timothy Walker, Director General of the Health and Safety Executive their views on whether prevention really is better than cure; scroll below to see their responses. Timothy Walker, […]
Getting healthy: how to raise the call to action
A busy lifestyle, incorporating long working hours and a hectic family or social life is no longer an excuse for choosing a more sedentary lifestyle; Kevin Yates National Fitness Manager for gym chain Fitness first looks at how employers can raise the call to action. Recent research, conducted by the University of Glamorgan in Pontypridd, […]
