HR Zone member survey – your views count!
Have you taken part in our new survey about HR Zone? As valued community members, we want to hear YOUR views and ideas about how we can improve the site. We’d be grateful if you would spare 5 minutes to answer a few short questions. You can access the survey now by clicking here.
Partnership working is on the agenda
If you want to get your workforce to accept change then embrace partnership, suggests new research. According to an IRS survey, the most commonly identified advantages of partnership working include: improvements in employee relations and a greater willingness to accept change.These findings make interesting reading in view of Government plans to implement a European Directive […]
Fewer companies increasing pay to retain staff
Over a third of organisations have improved their starting salaries to recruit staff but the number of organisations that have increased pay to retain staff has dropped, according to the 2003 CIPD recruitment and retention survey.Training and development remains the biggest retention tool for organisations (58%) and the use of coaching and mentoring systems has […]
HR procurement – purchasing v HR?
More than a third of HR professionals claim they would make better HR buying decisions without any involvement from their colleagues in Purchasing, says the findings of a new report, People and Purchasing: Best Practice Partnerships, by Reed. However, Purchasing is currently involved in HR procurement within two out of every three of organisations surveyed, […]
Use of HR systems “hampered by a lack of training”
Organisations are struggling to get to grips with new information technologies and systems, according to findings from the latest CIPD People and Technology survey. Only one third of organisations said that their system meets most of their needs, with a significant minority of systems not delivered on time (34%) or budget (23%). Richard Goff, the […]
Line managers taking HR responsibilities on board
HR is successfully devolving responsibilities to line managers, yet 1 in 10 employees would rather quit their current job than discuss a thorny issue with their boss, according to a recent survey from HR and payroll software provider, Snowdrop Systems. Whilst employees are happy to talk to their bosses about routine tasks such as taking […]
Community feature: Introducing…
In a regular feature, we’re taking a closer look at the working lives of some of HR Zone’s 17,000 membership. This week, Shaun Dunphy, Project and Process Manager at the EMEA HR Service Centre for MCI, gives us an insight into his professional career to date. What’s your current job role? Project & Process Manager […]
Do employees think executives have something to hide?
Directors must be open over their own pay and targets to avoid damaging employee confidence in their leadership. That’s the warning from corporate communications agency Fishburn Hedges as more and more executives come under the glare of the media spotlight. “Leaders should not underestimate the importance of having the support of their people – and […]
Performance measurement
I am researching employee and HR practitioner experiences of performance measurement. I would appreciate your input in a survey available at www.bromleyipd.org.uk.S Andrew Morton S Andrew Morton
Providing effective relocation support
In this feature article, Tricia Stewart, Project Manager, Global Mobility Services at Crown Relocations puts forward some best practice suggestions for moving employees. Relocating employees is no easy task. While most companies move just 25 employees a year for expatriate assignments, the related responsibilities of the HR professional can be overwhelming. Often the HR professional […]
E-HR can deliver real value
e-HR heralded a new age in the relationship between human resources professionals, payroll departments and employees. However, adoption of the technology has been slow to take off. Alan Foley, HR and Payroll Software Director at ICS Computing believes HR departments need to do more for e-HR systems to gain greater internal credibility. e-HR is the […]
Business efficiency and HR – survey results published
Despite some teething problems and concerns about data protection, HR departments are at the forefront of instigating new technology approaches within their organisation to help them develop their contribution to the bottom line. That’s one of the key results drawn from a recent survey of HR Zone members to establish to what extent technology is […]
Giving managers confidence is key to freeing up HR time
In this feature, Claudine McClean, HR Consultant at ConsultST responds to the recently published report which found the majority of HR professionals still find their time consumed with process and paperwork. This research really underlines much of what we’ve been hearing from both HR and other managers. HR teams feel swamped by the volume of […]
Advertising feature: COLT Stream – effective training delivery for all your employees
Effective training delivery for all your employees Imagine if all your training videos and presentation materials could be called up on screen – instantly and easily – and were available at any time to anyone in your organisation, wherever they are. With no more snow-filled screens. No more embarrassing situations trying to get the projector […]
Community feature: Introducing…
Continuing our new feature, we’re taking a closer look at the working lives of some of HR Zone’s 17,000 membership. This week, Dianne Miles, HR Manager at Rollalong Ltd, gives us an insight into her professional career to date. What’s your current job role? HR Manager at a manufacturing company called Rollalong Ltd in Dorset.What […]
Community feature: Introducing…
In a new feature, we’re taking a closer look at the working lives of some of HR Zone’s 17,000 membership. This week,Debra Artlett, HR Officer, NGJ, gives us an insight into her professional career to date. What’s your current job role? HR Officer.What did you do before this job? Secretary.Describe your route into HR I […]
Half of all organisations have no drugs and alcohol policy, finds survey
Half of all UK organisations have no policy on drugs and alcohol, according to research by the Chartered Management Institute into drugs and alcohol misuse in the workplace.The research reveals that only around half of all managers surveyed believe that their organisation has put in place – or is developing – a policy on drugs […]
Effective online recruitment takes more than a careers website
Roy Davis, Head of Communications at SHL, looks at how to make online recruitment work. Without doubt there has been a transformation in the recruitment industry in recent years, brought about by the role the Internet has begun to play in a traditionally labour intensive, desktop-dominated market. To date this has had a particularly strong […]
International HR Support.
Those of you struggling with international HR issues may be interested in the agreement between the CIPD and the US based Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) . Any MCIPD can also gain membership of the SHRM Global Forum and therefore have access to the SHRM. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the […]
Company car feature: Block Exemption ruling and what it means for the fleet operator
In this short piece contributed by lease hire experts Tusker, Helen Owen looks at what the recent changes to the Block Exemption ruling mean for the Fleet Operator. From October 2003, the years’ grace granted to manufacturers ends and the full impact of the EU decision to lift the Block Exemption will take effect.The Block […]
