Employee car ownership – the best option?
Swapping the company car for cash may seem like an opportunity not to be missed but as many employees have found all that glitters is not gold; Nick Phillips of Provecta takes a closer look at employee car ownership. When the car was chosen for you, it was easy. Now employees need to be sure […]
Car Watch: Getting up to speed with best practice
Malcolm Noyle for Lloyds TSB autolease, calls for a bespoke approach to managing driver and fleet safety. Health and safety is now an enormous issue for all businesses, HR professionals and UK fleets. Businesses should be taking all the necessary steps to protect their workforce. Over the past twelve months, the Government has started to […]
Getting into gear: Picking the best
Rupert Russell, publisher of www.comcar.co.uk, a specialist company car tax website looks at the quagmire of company cars and explains how to choose the right one. Employers should provide help and guidance to staff choosing a company car.Firstly it is important that the employee gets maximum satisfaction from such an expensive resource, and does not […]
Company cars – payroll issues explained
If you are responsible for the payroll and company cars are suddenly introduced, then don’t despair, you may even find that the tight structure is easier to control than payments for private car use. The simple availability of a car for private use is sufficient for the full tax charge to apply, and so there […]
How to: Use an HR Consultant
By Sandra Beale of SJ Beale HR ConsultBringing an HR consultant into your organisation can often be the only way to get a particular objective achieved; Sandra Beale looks at the how to of using such services. It may be a project that needs to be delivered such as a recruitment campaign, a compensation and […]
Member wire #91 – HRZone members applaud legal triggers
================================================================ HR Zone Members Newswire Issue 91 22 March 2005 http://www.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================ SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** SITE HIGHLIGHTS **** 1. Editor’s Comment: Budget 2005 – High fives from HR? 2. Running scared of an Equal Pay Review? 3. How Did I Get Here? Joe Espana, MD of Performance Equations 4. The Couch!? guide […]
Payroll Tip: Car tax allowances
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: How should essential user allowances that are paid to employees who use their own cars for business purposes be reported? A: Payments of mileage allowances are only reported for tax purposes on […]
Union Academy set to reform training
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) outlined plans yesterday for the creation of a new union academy, which it says will “radically overhaul” training offered to workers in England. The academy will offer guidance on training for employers and employees with courses ranging from basic skills to MBAs, with training advice available from a new helpline […]
Skills shortage goes global
The global economic upturn means skills shortages are being felt across the world, with more than two-thirds of businesses citing training as a way of retaining employees, according to a new report. Grant Thornton’s 2005 International Business Owners Survey (IBOS) found that 28% of the 6,000 business owners surveyed said that the availability of a […]
Capital is ‘stress-city’
It’s official, London is the most stressful place to work in Britain while Manchester is the least stressful.A survey conducted by Peninsula employment law firm reveals that when asked ‘are you often stressed at work?’ 78% of Londoners admit they are and furthermore 72% say that stress has a negative impact at home.Other regional ‘stress’ […]
Running scared of an Equal Pay Review?
An Equal Pay Review need not be scary – and might save you money down the line. The interim findings of the Women and Work Commission were that, despite the Equal Pay Act, measures are needed to plug a pay gap which is more than 40% for part-time workers and 18% for full-time employees; Tom […]
The Couch!? guide to golden sitcoms
<img src="http://www.arthurbostrom.com/allocast1thumb.jpg" border=0 alt="The Allo Allo cast" width=200 height=142The Couch?! harks back to TV’s golden age when the likes of Terry Scott, Richard Briers and Penelope Keith were giants of the small screen as we bring you our guide to sitcoms. Add your favourites, or suggest candidates to star in an HR sitcom, by using […]
Diversity fuels economy
A lack of diversity in work and training is damaging Britain’s economy, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) told a conference on Friday. Research by the EOC, due to be released later this month, found a clear link between skills shortages in sectors such as plumbing, construction, and engineering and the under-representation of women. EOC research […]
How Did I Get Here? Joe Espana, MD of Performance Equations
<img src="/files/siftmedia-photolib/photo_joe.jpg" “If you had asked me in 1983 what I would be doing in 2005 I would have said teaching history. What a roller coaster career. Looking back, however, I think I’ve got a few words of career caution to offer and a few words about our profession.” 1. What is your current job […]
‘Binge-working’ damages health
Half of parents are unhappy with their work life balance and according to charity and report authors; Working Families long hours are damaging our health.The result of ‘binge-working’ is that parents don’t eat healthily or take regular exercise, according to the report.Forty-five per cent of the sample said there was no flexibility in their current […]
Editor’s Comment: Budget 2005 – High fives from HR?
For just short of an hour, Chancellor Gordon Brown delivered his Budget address, wooing, sweetening and balancing the books between keeping business opinion on side and luring ‘vulnerable’ sectors of the electorate; Editor’s Comment looks at what the Budget 2005 means for HR and workers. At one stage it looked as though John Prescott was […]
HR Directors differ in ‘coaching’ approach
Recent research claims that HR directors evaluate coaches and their programmes in very diverse ways.Fairplace, experts in talent and career management say that HR professionals looking after more than 9,000 employees agree that a coach’s ability to establish a good rapport with the coachee is the key quality.Involvement varies between organisations too. Some businesses are […]
Workers lament poor diet
Ninety-six per cent of workers say they tend to eat lunch at their desks at least once a week, while a huge 42% say they are desk bound every day.Worst of all, 62% questioned say they are prone to snacking when at work. Reasons given include: hunger – 36% peer pressure from colleagues bringing in […]
Legal triggers applauded by HRZone
With 58% of the vote HRZone members agree that a common commencement date for new legislation does help to alleviate the red-tape burden.Designed to assist businesses in managing new employment law obligations the government now brings in new regulations which arise from within the UK at only two points in the year: April 6 – […]
Talent untapped
More than a third of employees feel that their talents aren’t being fully exploited in their current role. A survey by commercial property company MDA found that 35% of all respondents believed their talents and experience were being undervalued by short-sighted managers who weren’t prepared to reward good work either financially or with more responsibility. […]
