Advertising feature: Hela – Making HR Managers Wellbeing Champions
Stress-related ill health, accidents and absenteeism are responsible for the loss of 6.5 million working days each year, costing employers around £370 million and society as much as £3.75 billion, according to the HSE. As work related stress is becoming an increasingly serious problem, there is a need for proven and cost-effective stress relief solutions […]
The flexible benefits marketplace examined
This featured article from Philip Hutchinson, Head of Reward Consulting at Jardine Lloyd Thompson Benefit Solutions examines the trend towards providing more flexible benefits options for employees, and looks at the types of options being offered. Although there has been much interest shown in flexible benefits recently by the trade press, the fact remains that […]
Advertising feature: Focus on potential, skills and ability… NOT age
Too many employers ignore school leavers and the over 50s when choosing job candidates. The Code of Practice on Age Diversity in Employment is a voluntary set of Good Practice standards to help employers recognise the business benefits of an age-diverse workforce. The Code encourages employers to make decisions that do not discriminate on age, […]
Community feature: Introducing…
In a brand new feature starting this week, we’ll be taking a closer look at the working lives of some of HR Zone’s 17,000 membership. This week, Iain Young, Head of HR for Cofathec Heatsave gives us an insight into his professional career to date. What’s your current job role? Head of HR (HR Manager) […]
Flexible working legislation will make things more complicated, say employers
Next month’s legislation affecting flexible working practice is likely to prove a headache for over half of employers, who expect to have to make changes to accomodate the new ruling, according to recent research.The survey of 28 major organisations conducted by legal firm Linklaters and charity Parents at Work earlier in the year, found that […]
Managing absence in the workplace – featured article
There are 2.1m people waiting for an operation on the NHS today. Of these, 502,922 people have waited more than six months (Source: Dept of Health website – Feb 2003). Many of these people are working below capacity or will be absent from work. Absence is not only about illness – people are absent from […]
Advertising feature: PTP Software Ltd – helping you get to grips with P11D
A recent question posted to HR Zone by a member asks, ‘what on earth do I do with P11D forms’? Put simply, P11D forms need to be completed and returned to the Inland Revenue to give details of all expenses payments and the cash equivalent of any benefits provided for the following types of employees,or […]
Flexible working legislation – a summary
With a new raft of legislation resulting from the Employment Act 2002, much of which comes into effect on 6 April, employment law expert Nichola Evans has put together a useful guide to the main changes – read on to find out more and access some further information from the DTI… The Employment Act covers […]
Employees want to choose benefits packages – research
Employers failing to meet the changing demands of today’s workers risk facing a skills shortage. Seven in ten employees (70%) would prefer to work for an employer who can offer a choice of benefits rather than a fixed package, according to a new survey by youatwork. The survey, which looked at the provision of benefits […]
Light at the end of the tunnel for HR
In this contributed feature Dee Caporali, Director, Select Software UK Ltd looks at how best to establish the use of an employee or manager self-service HR system within organisations. At last, the traditional role of Personnel as an administrative function seems to be making way for the strategically focused HR Department. For so long has […]
Work-life balance awards offer chance to be ’employer of the year’
If you’ve a particularly creative or innovative approach to cracking the work-life balance problem within your organisation, now’s the time to stand up and be counted.The Parents at Work Employer of the Year Awards launched today offer employers the chance to show how both employees and business benefit from their current policies in the wake […]
Tax fails to dent company car popularity, finds survey
Last year’s changes to the company car tax regulations has had little effect on the popularity of the company car, according to a recent survey.In fact, the company car appears to be becoming even more popular, according to research by Employee Benefits magazine and lease car specialists Alphabet, which finds that nearly 60 per cent […]
Employers paying more than just lip service to equal ops monitoring, finds research
Monitoring equal opportunities isn’t just a paper-pushing exercise, according to new research.The study, published by IRS Employment Review, reveals that three out of four large organisations use employee monitoring, either at interview stage, while staff are working within the organisation or when they leave, in order to ensure effective equal opportunities policies are in place. […]
Advertising feature: Investors in People Leadership and Management Model
The leading questionAs sister site TrainingZONE’s feature last month showed, leadership is top of the agenda for large and small employers alike. It is recognised that good leadership, in any organisation, leads to intelligent investment, enhanced creativity, improved productivity and better all round performance.In particular, UK organisations are increasingly recognising the importance of succession planning […]
Alphabet fleet finance
About Alphabet: Alphabet is a multi-marque fleet finance company that offers a wide portfolio of fleet products, from contract hire and fleet management to unique fleet and employee benefits solutions.We’re part of the BMW Group, with the same ethos of single-minded commitment to excellence, combined with a passion for creating individual solutions. When we offer […]
Softworld HR and Payroll 2003 – review
This year’s Software HR and Payroll show seemed quieter than normal, with around 1315 HR and payroll professionals to the 70 stand event. Aside from the specialist nature of the show, the location at the Execel Centre, while providing some stunning local scenery in the form of the Thames Barrier, the Dome and Canary Wharf, […]
Softworld feature – getting buy-in for implementing an e-HR system
At the Softworld HR and Payroll 2003 event, Microsoft’s Jennifer Griffin, Marketing Director, HR and Payroll gave a presentation about how achieving buy-in from employees throughout the organisation around e-HR is vital in order for the implementation of a new system to succeed. Here, we give a brief summary of the key points covered by […]
Softworld news – latest update
On 26 and 27 February the annual Softworld HR and Payroll exibition will be taking place at ExCel, London. As well as an exibition of more than 75 providers, the show will be hosting around 50 seminars presented by vendors taking part.Here, we’ll be publishing a range of updates and news from the event before, […]
How to build a case for e-HR
Steve Foster, Practice Leader HR Solutions at RebusHR looks at how HR people can persuade senior management of the avantages of an e-HR system. If the technology to implement e-HR is available and doesn’t involve major investment, why hasn’t every organisation already done it? The simplest answer is that e-HR involves a fundamental change in […]
Pension shake-ups due as companies take schemes in hand, warns Mercer
Consultancy firm Mercer HR is warning of new shake-ups in the way company pension schemes are being run, as organisations move to further reduce the size of their responsibilities to current and future pensioners. According to the firm, many final salary schemes which involve the greatest level of contribution by employers are likely to be […]
